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

6:41 AM.In case you're already looking forward to tucking into a hearty Christmas feast - it may be worth thinking again. Audio

6:38 AM.The family of a 13-year-old boy who shot dead his step grandfather's partner says Child Youth and Family need to take responsibility for its role in the tragedy. Audio

6:27 AM.Hundreds of members of the Ngati Koata iwi are expected on the Whakatu Marae in Nelson this morning 8.30, to witness the signing of a Treaty settlement with the Crown; The Human Rights Commission has… Read more Audio

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

6:17 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:13 AM.The Black Caps are now in South Africa and will play their first of threeT20 matches tomorrow under the captaincy of Brendon McCullum without Ross Taylor and without Tim Southee. Audio

6:10 AM.The Public Service Association says it's hypocritical of MPs to accept back-dated pay increases, when it's not allowed for civil servants. Audio

6:00 AM.A claim that CYFS didn't do enough to help the 13 year old who's now New Zealand's youngest convicted murderer. We'll hear from schools which say Novopay's fallen short again on the final pay day of… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.A nest of kaka chicks has been spotted on the edge of Prince of Wales Park in Wellington. Wellington City Council's manager of reserves is Myfanwy Emeny talks about the discovery. Audio

8:54 AM.Department of Conservation staff, helped by volunteers, spent last night carrying out the first official little blue penguin census near the Port of Timaru. George Iles from the DoC speaks about the… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Water Safety New Zealand has a simple wish this Christmas, no drownings. Audio

8:48 AM.The end of the world is nigh - according to some interpretations of Mayan calendar, but some say a tiny village in southwestern France will be saved. Elaine Cobb reports from Bugarach. Audio

8:45 AM.Ngati Kahungunu Chairman, Ngahiwi Tomoana, says arrival in Napier this morning of iwi's waka Te Matau A Maui, a great occasion for whole tribe; Taranaki based Parininihi ki Waitotara Corporation… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Labour leader David Shearer sums up 2012. 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.The Government is fast-tracking the redevelopment of the decrepit and quake-prone Grey Base Hospital, which has suffered years of decay and uncertainty over its future. Audio

8:21 AM.Former senior prison manager and now director of the organisation Rethinking Crime and Punishment, Kim Workman on Corrections' transgender policy. Audio

8:17 AM.The Afghan interpreter at the centre of controversy over resettlement to this country is still seeking answers from the New Zealand government. Audio

8:09 AM.Leaders in the education sector say say the Secretary for Education, Lesley Longstone, has taken the fall for the government's unpopular education policies. Audio

7:56 AM.University of Canterbury Emeritus Professor Roy Kerr has become the first New Zealander to be awarded the prestigious Einstein Medal. The award recognises Professor Kerr's 1963 discovery of a solution… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Standard and Poor's has downgraded the credit rating of Christchurch City Council and its subsidiary, Christchurch City Holdings. Audio

7:49 AM.The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, has criticised the appointment of Parliament's Speaker Lockwood Smith as the next High Commissioner to London. Audio

7:44 AM.Wellington City Councillor, Iona Pannett, is accusing the NZ Transport Agency of using threatening behaviour when it warned future investment in other transport initiatives will be put at risk if the… Read more Audio