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6:27 AM.A campaign calling for Poverty Bay to be reverted back to it's original Maori name has prompted the local council to query why iwi didn't seek a change during treaty negotiations; A global expert on… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:00 AM.Release of journalist's emails condemned; Political journalists discuss impact of phone log leak; Radio New Zealand's political editor analyses phone log leak; Bradley Manning found not guilty of… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.It seems one of the greatest 20th century inventions is failing to capture the imagination of New Zealand's youth, with the closure of TVNZ's U channel being blamed on a lack of buy in among 15 to 24… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.The Labour Party is warning that New Zealand is becoming a low-wage destination for Australian companies. Audio

8:47 AM.A Ruapehu iwi leader says it's own whanau welfare innovation plan has slashed domestic violence rates by half in its rohe; The Maori Party has issued a word of caution to Labour leader, David Shearer… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.The cost of an odour-neutralising fence that surrounds Whanganui's faulty wastewater plant is itself causing a stink among some ratepayers and councillors. Audio

8:38 AM.A high-end Auckland real estate agent who relies on foreign property buyers for half his business doubts the effectiveness of Labour's housing policy. Audio

8:35 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:24 AM.A Dunedin psychiatrist has been cleared of wrongdoing after complaints he gave mental health patients an anaesthetic commonly used by vets to tranquillise horses. Audio

8:18 AM.It was the Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman who called for the review of the Defence Order. Audio

8:15 AM.The US newspaper publishers that Jon Stephenson worked for in Aghanistan last year says the monitoring of the phone calls of journalists would be a worrying new step in surveillance. Audio

8:09 AM.An unpublicised report by the Hawke's Bay Regional Council says as many as a thousand people in the small town of Waipawa could be killed if dam proposed to be built thirty five kilometres north west… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.It's still not yet known what caused a bus to crash through a barrier and plunge 30 metres into a ravine in southern Italy. Audio

7:49 AM.Pope Francis has said gay people should not be marginalised, but integrated into society. Audio

7:45 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:41 AM.Lawyers for the German-born internet entrepreneur, Kim Dotcom take their fight to the Supreme Court today to get access to the evidence United States prosecutors plan to use against him. Audio

7:39 AM.Eleven National Party websites are down this morning after an online message claiming it was part of a protest against new spy legislation. Audio

7:36 AM.A long-awaited report into the treatment of mental health patients with an anaethestic drug that's also used as a horse tranquilliser has cleared a senior Dunedin-based pyschiatrist. Audio

7:24 AM.Joining us now from Greece is journalist, Jon Stephenson. Audio

7:21 AM.The investigative journalist, Nicky Hager, is standing by his story that the Defence Force monitored the phone calls of a freelance journalist when he was in Afghanistan, despite the Force's adamant… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.A Hawkes Bay Regional Council report says if the proposed 600-million-dollar Ruataniwha Dam failed in an earthquake it would have catastrophic consequences for the Central Hawke's Bay town of Waipawa.

7:13 AM.Tributes are being paid to Marty Schmidt and his son, Denali. Audio