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7:19 AM.We asked Don Elder and Solid Energy's chair Mark Ford to be interviewed this morning. They didn't return our calls. Audio

7:13 AM.Miners and contractors hurt by Solid Energy's financial mismanagement are astounded the company's chief executive is still being paid his full salary but hasn't had to turn up to Parliament to answer… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.A rescue operation is under way on the West Coast for a German tourist who fell more than ten metres into a crevasse above Fox Glacier yesterday afternoon. Audio

6:46 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:41 AM.Australia's National Rugby League has assured fans the Cronulla Sharks will play in their opening round match despite on-going doping allegations. Audio

6:36 AM.The chairman of Solid Energy, Mark Ford, says Don Elder, while no longer Chief Executive, is at home on full pay because he still needs access to Dr Elder and his past knowledge of the company. Audio

6:27 AM.A researcher at Victoria University who specialises in Maori in Australia says Maori migrants may be the first ones to lose their jobs if there's a downturn in the Australian economy; A Northland iwi… Read more Audio

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

6:16 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:10 AM.The Automobile Association has again urged oil companies to drop petrol prices by 4 cents a litre, citing cheaper commodity prices. Audio

6:00 AM.The scramble to save a tourist trapped in a crevasse above the Fox Glacier. Dismay and anger at former Solid Energy boss Don Elder not turning up to answer questions at Parliament and the Black Caps… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.The owners of a Horror Maze on the outskirts of Christchurch, say they're consulting with their lawyer after being forced to shut down their business by the council because of the noise people were… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Should New Zealand continue to have separate Maori seats, and should the Government have to give more attention to the Treaty of Waitangi when passing new laws? Audio

8:46 AM.The Far North District Council's being accused by a Northland tribal leader of throwing their treaty relationship back into the dark ages; A Victoria University researcher who works at the School of… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.A group of organisations hoping to clean up Wellington's waterways want a marine protection area - a blue belt to match the city's green belt - in the capital's harbour. Audio

8:38 AM.The organisers of a popular annual student party in Dunedin have agreed to a raft of new restrictions for this year's event, in a last-ditch bid to prove it can be held safely. 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

8:25 AM.Whanganui people who were involved in the nearly three-month-long occupation of Moutoa Gardens nearly twenty-years ago will soon be reliving the event. Audio

8:21 AM.Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister, Bob Carr, has confirmed a Melbourne man who died in a top secret prison in Israel worked for the Israeli government. Audio

8:16 AM.The Labour Party will move a notice of motion in Parliament next week condemning the beating and torture of two prisoners in Fiji. Audio

8:13 AM.The new Housing Minister Nick Smith has fired shots across the bow of Auckland council saying he will break what he calls the "stranglehold" of Auckland Council's policy of containing urban sprawl. Audio

8:09 AM.As the drought conditions plaguing Northland farmers continue, those further south are also suffering. Audio

7:57 AM.Cardinals meeting in the Vatican City have still not set a date for the election of a new pope. Audio

7:53 AM.After two years of civil war in Syria, the United Nations says the number of refugees who have fled the country has now passed one-million. Audio