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6:27 AM.Latest news from Radio New Zealand's business team. Audio

6:15 AM.New Zealand food and fibre exports - including dairy, meat and wool, horticulture and forestry - are set to hit $60 billion a year for the first time. Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.US president Donald Trump said a deal with China "is done" after two days of high-level talks in London - the US will gain access to rare earth metals, while Chinese students can resume studies in… Read more Audio

10:00 AM.In today's episode, government ministers will be arriving at Fieldays on mass as the country looks to the agricultural sector to drive the economy over the next year, Federated Farmers believe this… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Students and staff have been left in limbo as Wellington polytechs Whitireia and WelTec consider closing their central city campus. Bill Hickman reports. Audio

8:53 AM.The Green Party is criticising government ministers for not getting advice on what the pay equity changes would mean for specific claims in their portfolios. Giles Dexter reports. Audio

8:48 AM.Community leaders in the small Far North town of Moerewa are calling for a long-standing culture of doing burnouts to end before it ends in tragedy. Jessica Hopkins reports. Audio

8:45 AM.A team of investigators are searching for William Henry Johnson, a 24-year-old student from the United States, who was last seen in Palmerston North about 10 days ago. Private investigator Mike Gillam… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.A new rideshare platform, Bolt, has launched in Auckland. New Zealand general manager Adam Muirson spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

8:38 AM.An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere. Audio

8:29 AM.Market Update for 11 June 2025 Audio

8:26 AM.AgriZeroNZ - a partnership between the government and major agribusiness - has invested $191 million into methane-cutting technologies with the aim of cutting emissions by 30 percent by 2030. Head of… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Groundswell has been ramping up a campaign for the government to pull out of the Paris Agreement - a legally binding international treaty on climate change - in the run up to Fieldays. Co-founder… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The coronial inquest into the death of LynnMall attacker Ahamed Samsudeen continues on Wednesday, after a forensic pathologist explained why he had zero chance of surviving as many as a dozen gunshot… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.It is now the fourth day of protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in Los Angeles. Correspondents Philip Crowther and Toni Waterman spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

8:06 AM.The All Whites believe they can cause a second upset in two games at the Canadian Shield in Toronto this morning. Audio

7:54 AM.The government will be hoping tractor sales are tracking upward at Fieldays with a new tax incentive for farm machinery. CNH business manager John Gilbert spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

7:52 AM.Vendors are preparing for more than 100,000 people who are expected through the gates of Fieldays over the next few days. Producer Ellen O'Dwyer spoke to some of them. Audio

7:45 AM.The government has strengthened its proposed anti-stalking legislation, so a person could be convicted after two specified acts within two years, with a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The United States is modernising its nuclear weapons command and control system, and while it is not directly involved, New Zealand will feel the effects. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

7:35 AM.The US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has been challenged by lawmakers in Washington DC after President Donald Trump doubled the number of troops in Los Angeles, having deployed 700 Marines and… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Federated Farmers say this year's Fieldays is likely to be one of the most positive. Federated Farmers national president Wayne Langford spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

7:20 AM.New Zealand has joined Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Norway in imposing sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers for inciting violence and human rights abuses in Gaza. Otago… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Eleven people, including the gunman, have died in a shooting at an Austrian high school in the city of Graz. Journalist Alex Maritza Wachter spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

7:06 AM.All Whites captain Chris Wood will again have limited game time in New Zealand's second match of the Canadian Shield this morning. Audio