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6:00 AM.Unions claim changes to Employment laws breach International Conventions. Opposition parties say information-sharing between the MSD and Inland Revenue is unfair to beneficiaries. and after the Hong… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Thirty years ago, Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy went out of the gate and off for a walk. Audio

8:50 AM.The second Ashes test between Australia and England is set to get under way at Lord's overnight. Audio

8:47 AM.The Queensland branch of the Maori Wardens is feeling the backlash from the community - including Maori who say they are racist and arrogrant; The Bay of Plenty tribe of Ngati Makino is accusing the… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Three women in Waitara say a lack of action by community leaders has prompted them to start providing free breakfast and afternoon tea to young people themselves. Audio

8:40 AM.A 15-million-dollar upgrade to a health identification number held by almost all New Zealanders is almost complete. Audio

8:37 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:27 AM.After 30 years of debate, the South Otago town of Balclutha will do up its main street, at a cost of two-point-six million dollars. Audio

8:23 AM.A health and disability advocate says patients being ordered by judges to undergo psychiatric treatment need a "less scary process" to fight compulsory treatment. Audio

8:18 AM.Housing New Zealand tenants around South Auckland are up in arms at having to wait months for what they say are shoddy and unsafe repair jobs on their homes. Audio

8:14 AM.A tourism heavyweight and former Queenstown mayor says Milford tourism will continue to suffer because of the decision not to build the Milford Dart tunnel. Audio

8:09 AM.The families of the men who died in the Pike River coal mine explosion are disappointed but not entirely surprised by a police decision not to prosecute anyone in Pike River Coal management over the… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Despite it being close to seventy years since the end of the Second World War, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre says it has not given up chasing Nazi war criminals. Audio

7:54 AM.While the former South African President Nelson Mandela remains in his hospital bed, the country is preparing to celebrate his 95th birthday. Audio

7:51 AM.A New Zealand investment banker based in China says authorities there are forcing some importers to cut their prices - and New Zealand's biggest company has been caught up in the crackdown. Audio

7:47 AM.Changes to Auckland's hotly debated growth blueprint appear to have satisfied many of the leaders of communities worried about higher density housing. Audio

7:44 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:40 AM.Mental health and human rights advocates are alarmed by the growing numbers of people being compelled to accept treatment for mental disorders. Audio

7:34 AM.South Auckland Housing New Zealand tenants are waiting months for what they say is often shoddy and unsafe building work to be done on their homes. Audio

7:23 AM.The government pressed ahead with its SkyCity conference centre deal, despite the Treasury warning the facility is unlikely to attract many more international visitors. Audio

7:20 AM.An action group that fought to stop a tunnel linking Queenstown with Milford Sound says the Conservation Minister Nick Smith's decision to decline the proposal is no reason for complacency. Audio

7:17 AM.The fire service says workers at a scrap metal factory in South Auckland are incredibly lucky to have escaped unharmed after a massive explosion at the plant last night. Audio

7:13 AM.The families of the 29 men who died in Pike River Coal mine aren't dropping their quest to have someone made accountable for the fatal explosions in 2010. Audio

7:09 AM.Police say no criminal charges will be laid against any of the individuals who were managers of Pike River Coal before the November 2010 mine disaster. Audio