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6:33 AM.The Auckland Council says there will be changes to the city's thirty year growth plan, following months of public consultation on a draft plan which winds up today. Audio

6:27 AM.The Maori Council says two newspaper cartoons about hungry students makes fun at the expense of children and are an example of institutional racism; A financial services firm says the option for… Read more Audio

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

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

6:13 AM.Taranaki's Yarrow Stadium is changing owners. It comes at the same time as Taranaki Rugby contemplates ending an 18-year-connection with the Hurricanes and instead joining the Chiefs franchise. Audio

6:11 AM.Three months of public consultation on a 30- year plan for the future of Auckland winds up today and the council says changes will be made to the draft document. Audio

6:00 AM.Change mooted as feedback ends on Auckland's Unitary Plan, Mayor Len Brown talks about plan for Auckland, Sir Douglas Graham could get home detention, lose knighthood and Cartoonists criticise cartoon… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The Papua New Guinea police have arrested an officer for wounding suspects after accusations that police used bush knives to sever their Achilles tendons as they were lying on the ground. Audio

8:52 AM.A big rise in the price Fonterra plans to pay farmers for their milk next year could be a boost many struggling farmers need. Audio

8:48 AM.Two kura kaupapa in Christchurch aim to rebuild their relationship - after both were granted a Government reprieve and won't have to move; A Ngati Porou church leader living across the Tasman is… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Key players in a bill aimed to get rid of street prostitution in South Auckland have been called to Parliament to discuss whether to scrap or go ahead with the legislation. Audio

8:42 AM.Suspects are normally allowed to be detained by British forces for only 96 hours. 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

8:27 AM.Sealord, says it will only use tuna in its products that has been caught using methods that limit bycatch. Audio

8:24 AM.It could be months before Dunedin's St Clair Lifesaving Club can get back to rescues, after big swells pounded the coast and caused gaping holes in the Esplanade. Audio

8:21 AM.Newly released figures show almost half of Maori in the Northland region of Te Tai Tokerau are not working and are not looking for a job. Audio

8:17 AM.The Green Party says the business case for the Government's Roads of National Significance programme has been undermined by faulty research. Audio

8:10 AM.The principals of three Christchurch intermediate schools that will close at the end of the year say the schools that have to take their students next year will struggle to be ready. Audio

7:55 AM.A new electricity link between the North and South Islands is up and running, its job to boost the flow of electricity across the Cook Strait. Audio

7:52 AM.In the first Treaty settlement of its kind for a river, management of the Whanganui will pass from local government to the river's iwi. Audio

7:49 AM.Opposition parties have failed in their attempt to make changes to legislation that would set up charter schools. Audio

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

7:38 AM.Concern from principals, teachers and parents over yesterday's announcement of school closures and mergers in Christchurch. Audio

7:27 AM.A breast cancer lobby group is seeking to end New Zealand's participation in a key trial involving the breast cancer drug Herceptin. Audio