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7:49 AM.A child advocacy group says a prison sentence of nearly nine years for a Canterbury father who sexually abused his 13-month old son is too lenient and sends the wrong message to offenders. Audio

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

7:39 AM.One of the country's busiest budgeting services is losing more than half of its staff, just weeks after Paula Bennett claimed that Budget Advice services were winners from the budget. Audio

7:28 AM.The chair of Sir Owen Glenn's inquiry into family violence says he's confident the $2 million can go ahead, despite three of the inquiry's four chairpersons resigning. Audio

7:24 AM.New Zealand First questions whether Peter Dunne should retain a party leader's status and the benefits that go with it. Audio

7:20 AM.United Future thinks it will be able to re-register itself as a political party by the middle of next week, and will write to Parliament's Speaker to tell him so. Audio

7:13 AM.Government Chief Information Officer Colin MacDonald comments on his report on Government agencies. Audio

7:09 AM.Technology experts are scathing of security failures within state sector IT systems. A $400,000 investigation into 70 state agencies, sparked by a serious security breach at a Work and Income kiosk… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:40 AM.United Future thinks it will be able to re-register itself as a political party by the middle of next week, and will write to Parliament's Speaker to tell him so. Audio

6:38 AM.Technology experts say government departments need to completely overhaul their IT security in the wake of a privacy review. Audio

6:28 AM.A Waikato kaumatua says there is a cultural shift from burial to cremation; A Bay of Plenty iwi says the Rotorua District Council has ignored advice from its own Maori advisors; Several marae along… Read more Audio

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

6:19 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:14 AM.As violence continues, protestors in Turkey have met with the deputy Prime Minister overnight and issued a much longer list of demands, including the sacking of police chiefs. Audio

6:11 AM.Helicopters have plucked stranded residents from the rooves of their homes in southern Germany as flooding across central Europe intensifies. Audio

6:00 AM.Technology experts say CIO's IT report doesn't tell full story; Report shows government agencies lack security standards; United Future plans to re-register party after set back; Winston Peters on… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.A touring environmental scientist is getting lyrical in his attempts to hit the right note on climate change. Audio

8:52 AM.Dunedin is about to find out the fate of a controversial luxury hotel planned to tower over the city's waterfront. Audio

8:49 AM.A group of Tuhoe claimants say the Iwi settled for hundreds of millions of dollars less than what it was owed by the Crown; Ngai Tuhoe says it wants to rebuild relationships between itself and crown… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.The first charter schools could be announced in weeks, and up and running next year, after legislation enabling the publicly funded private schools passed its final hurdle last night. Audio

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

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:29 AM.Tuhoe plans to use some of its treaty settlement money to invest in basic infrastructure which it says the state and local government has failed to provide. Audio

8:23 AM.Commentary from CTU economist, Bill Rosenberg, and the head of the Employers and Manufacturers Association, Kim Campbell. Audio