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6:38 AM.From next week, legal highs will be illegal, unless manufacturers of the drugs meet stringent and expensive new rules. Audio

6:36 AM.The union for Child Youth and Family workers says increasing workloads are taking their toll on Social Workers. Audio

6:26 AM.Te Arawa has secured a meeting with New Zealand Petroleum and Mineral officials to discuss tendering out permits for mineral exploration within its rohe; The Waitangi Tribunal has heard that pipi beds… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:17 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:10 AM.The Chief Coroner has labelled the current rules around reporting suicide in the media as cumbersome and obscure. Audio

6:00 AM.A union says Social workers at Child Youth and Family are struggling with double the recommended caseload. The Opposition vows to pile pressure on government mps to scupper the Sky City convention… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.New Zealanders chomp through more bananas than any other fruit. Craig McCulloch reports. Read more Audio

8:50 AM.People in Britain are getting ready to go bonkers over the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby. Audio

8:48 AM.A Maori consultancy firm is teaching the autonomous Papua New Guinea province of Bougainville how to boost its mining industry; The Federation of Maori Authorities has signed up to a collaborative… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.A new report has found liquid soaps and anti-bacterial toothpastes threaten human health, the environment, and sewerage treatment systems. Audio

8:40 AM.New Zealand officals will this week try, for a second time, to have Antarctica's Ross Sea declared the world's largest marine protected area. 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 defamation case brought by a journalist against the Defence Force and its chief is continuing today, with the chief of the Defence Force expected to give evidence in the next week. Audio

8:22 AM.The Associate Minister for Social Development Chester Borrows says that Labour is wrong to call for a review of the baseline funding for social workers dealing with vulnerable children. Audio

8:18 AM.Urban planners in Christchurch are hoping a Government review of the City Council's resource consent team will speed up the process up. Audio

8:12 AM.The Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has made his first public court appearance since his arrest for the April 15th blast. Audio

8:10 AM.The Retailers' Association says taxing all items bought from overseas websites will create an even playing field for New Zealand companies. Audio

7:56 AM.The Far North council's gone a little potty - it's using toilet bowls, long drops, and even the odd four-letter word, in a novel campaign to get Kerikeri people talking about the need for a new… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.The line of photographers and royal watchers is growing outside St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, as the birth of Prince William and Kate's baby draws nearer. Audio

7:48 AM.The first Ashes cricket Test between Australia and England is underway, and day one has been dominated by the bowlers from both teams at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Audio

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

7:40 AM.A coalition of public transport advocates says Auckland could have an efficient bus and train network much sooner than planned and for billions of dollars less than currently budgeted. Audio

7:35 AM.Police in Canada are now looking at whether criminal negligence led to the weekend's catastrophic train derailment in Lac Megantic. Audio