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

7:41 AM.The broking firm First New Zealand Capital has launched a scathing attack on plans by the Labour and Green Parties to replace the electricity market with a state appointed central buyer. Audio

7:37 AM.Just a week after same-sex marriage was passed into law in New Zealand, France has followed suitalso legalised same sex marriage. Audio

7:28 AM.While thousands of New Zealanders will mark Anzac day tomorrow, a small group has travelled to Denmark to commemorate the 70th anniversary of when a bomber crewed by their relatives was shot down. Audio

7:18 AM.The FBI will this morning be questioned by the Senate Intelligence Committee about why it did not have Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev under surveillance. Audio

7:14 AM.The lawyers for two of the Urewera Four have criticised the Supreme Court's decision to reject their application to have their convictions and sentences overturned. Audio

7:09 AM.Police sources in Australia have confirmed the man who was yesterday found guilty of murdering Christchurch school girl Jade Bayliss, was jailed for the manslaughter of a Perth teenager in 1997. Audio

6:47 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:42 AM.Disaster psychologist Dr Jerry Jacobs says the emotional scars are likely to take far longer to heal than the physical wounds for the Boston bomb victims. Audio

6:38 AM.34-year-old Jeremy McLaughlin was found guilty in the High Court in Christchurch late yesterday afternoon of Jade Bayliss's murder in 2011. Audio

6:27 AM.The Green Party says it can't believe the government is dumping one of the most successful Maori learning programmes, by discontinuing funding for Te Kotahitanga; Meanwhile, an education union is also… Read more Audio

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

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

6:14 AM.An international safety group is warning a clamp-down on the use of hand held lasers could back-fire and put more pilots at risk of being blinded by powerful laser strikes. Audio

6:11 AM.The Supreme Court's decision to reject an application by two of the Urewera Four to have their convictions and sentences overturned, has been criticised by their lawyers. Audio

6:00 AM.Man found guilty of murdering Chch teen had killed before; Urewera Four lawyers criticise Supreme Court decision; FBI faces questions over Boston bomb suspect; New Zealanders remember lost WWII bomber… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.New research from Canterbury University suggests people regard robots more as living things rather than mere objects. Read more Audio

8:51 AM.As New Zealand prepares to mark Anzac Day Morning Report takes the opportunity to speak to soldiers who have served overseas recently. Between 2003 and 2013, Lieutenant Colonel Jim Bliss travelled… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Owners of commercial buildings built before 1935 are finding it difficult to get insurance, forcing some to look overseas for cover or not bother insuring their properties at all. Audio

8:46 AM.Ngati Porou is ruling out buying shares in Mighty River Power for now - because rivers in its tribal territory don't feed the power generator; More than a thousand people have had a firearms safety… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.It's one week since two bombs exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line, killing three people and injuring more than 170. Audio

8:39 AM.An explosion of a suspected methamphetamine lab in Mount Maunganui has forced the evacuation of at least ten homes. The blast happened at a house between Girven Road and Concord Avenue. Audio

8:34 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:28 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:26 AM.Te Papa Museum is getting ready to welcome home a traditional Maori feather cloak after spending more than 50 years in Beijing at the National Museum of China. Audio