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7:17 AM.Chemicals from illegal meth labs are doing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage to water treatment stations. Audio

7:13 AM.A private detective has now been hired to investigate the circumstances of the crash. Audio

7:09 AM.A private detective has been hired to investigate why an 18-year-old former pupil was driving a minivan which crashed in Kenya, killing four people, and why it was kept secret until now. Audio

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

6:39 AM.The Dutch Queen Beatrix may have announced her abdication - but there's no suggestion it has given Britain's monarch any ideas. Audio

6:35 AM.Bethlehem College Board has hired a private investigator to ascertain the truth about the tragic crash which killed four people in Kenya. Audio

6:27 AM.Te Arawa tribes in Rotorua have failed to choose a Maori Flag to fly alongside the New Zealand one on Waitangi Day; A lecturer in Maori Health at Otago University's campus in Wellington, says Maori… 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.The construction of the first bridge in Canterbury to be built to the new earthquake design codes is going to take nearly two years and cost over 30 million dollars. Audio

6:00 AM.Private investigator probes Kenya driver switch, School probes driver switch before crash, P labs damaging NZ sewerage system, Unions vow to fight plans by NZ Post to cut deliveries, NZ Post urged to… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Dunedin songstress Kylie Price has arrived back from the Tamworth Country Music Awards in Australia, with two glittering gongs. Audio

8:49 AM.The Wanganui District Council is considering pumping untreated waste directly into the sea, as the stench emanating from the treatment plant continues to plague parts of the city. Audio

8:46 AM.A national conservation group says it doesn't want what it calls Government cronies overseeing the management of Te Urewera; A major shareholder of a Far North Maori organisation says the burning down… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Government promises to boost the number of apprentices in training this year are leading employers to ask - where will the money to take them on come from? Audio

8:38 AM.After months of strikes, lock out notices, court action, privacy complaints and threats of mass redundancies and finally court ordered facilitation the Maritime Union is meeting today to thrash out a… Read more 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.The Government claims a new visa rule that has just come into effect will help ensure New Zealanders are first in line for job vacancies created during the Canterbury rebuild. Audio

8:22 AM.While politicians engage in a war of words on rival policies to bring the nation affordable housing, a bank economist warns that in Auckland things may get worse before they get better. Audio

8:17 AM.The Economic Development Minister, Steven Joyce, is rubbishing an opposition inquiry into manufacturing, saying while there are challenges in the sector - it is not in crisis. Audio

8:13 AM.In Queensland, the government has declared Brisbane a disaster area. Audio

8:09 AM.A fourth person has died in the flooding disaster hitting southern Queensland and New South Wales, as ex-tropical cyclone Oswald works its way down Australia's east coast, closing in on Sydney. Audio

7:55 AM.Weather experts say conditions are ripe for a record breaking heat wave this week as a high south-east of the country, along with nor-west winds, mix with the remains of cyclone Oswald. Audio

7:51 AM.Opposition parties are meeting this morning to determine whether they will support outgoing Primary Industries Minister David Carter to become Parliament's next Speaker on Thursday. Audio