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7:48 AM.Amnesty International's executive director Grant Bayldon believes the new Immigration Amendment Bill breaches New Zealand's international human rights obligations. Audio

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

7:40 AM.The half-billion dollar write down of Tiwai Point aluminimum smelter could encourage more interest from buyers. Audio

7:27 AM.Research areas - including Polar amplification, adaptive capacity of marine invertebrates, ecoforecasting and trophic dependancies - have been given the first ever round of privately funded grants… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.The Wellington-based lawyer for former financial adviser David Ross says it comes as no real surprise the Serious Fraud Office has laid charges against his client. Audio

7:26 AM.Fairfax Media's group executive editor Paul Thompson has been appointed Radio New Zealand's new chief executive. Audio

7:20 AM.The Post Primary Teachers Association is suing the acting Secretary for Education, Peter Hughes, for damages over the Novopay school payroll system. Audio

7:17 AM.The Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman says training is adequate despite the report finding faults with communication and battle awareness in complex combat situations. Audio

7:14 AM.Lynne McSweeney is the mother of Corporal Luke Tamatea, one of those who died when his Humvee hit an improvised roadside bomb, and Mrs McSweeney talks about the Defence Force's investigation. Audio

7:09 AM.The Defence Force has made recommendations for bravery awards, some which may be awarded posthumously, for the soldiers involved in an ambush by Afghan insurgents in Shikari Valley in Bamyan Province… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.A warning the Reserve Bank could raise interest rates by the end of the year; Hallenstein Glasson's shares slump after a profit downgrade; and in the market report, Wall St rises. Audio

6:37 AM.The Defence Force has recommended bravery awards, some posthumous, for the soldiers involved in an ambush by Afghan insurgents in Bamyan Province's Shikari Valley in August last year. Audio

6:27 AM.The iwi of Te Upokorehe has lit two fires in the Bay of Plenty region in continued protest of Tuhoe's treaty settlement with the Crown; The Minister of Education says Maori need to fight for their… Read more Audio

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

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

6:10 AM.The Immigration Amendment Bill, which will allow any incoming group of more than 30 people to be detained for up to six months, was passed into law last night. Audio

6:00 AM.Recommendations have been made for Afghanistan bravery awards; Mother puts a face to the human cost of soldiers' deaths; Minister says lessons to be learned from Afghanistan deaths; PPTA mounts… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Environmentalists and recreational river users are rubbishing a judge's opinion that the need for renewable energy means Otago's last wild river could be dammed. Audio

8:53 AM.A new international report is praising the government for treating the mining industry as a valuable partner, not as a cash cow. Audio

8:50 AM.Health officials are being warned Pacific communities won't meet the national target of being smokefree by 2025 without a much bigger effort to cut their high rates of smoking. Audio

8:46 AM.A Bay of Plenty tribe says there are no plans to call off court action to force the division of the Kaingaroa Forest among eight iwi - despite a breakthrough in talks; The Maori Affairs Minister, Pita… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Some farming leaders are warning against the growing dependence on the dairy sector. The Ministry for Primary Industries is forecasting that much of the growth in export sales will come from the dairy… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.The Auckland Council is being told it's on the right track in planning for a million more residents over the next 30 years. Audio

8:36 AM.The Auckland Council is being told it's on the right track in planning for a million more residents over the next 30 years. Audio

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