Morning Report

Federated Farmers is hoping the National-led government will offer a lot more certainty and a lot less red tape.

President Wayne Langford says he is hopeful National will make good on the… Read more Audio

Saturday was a big night for the Green Party, which won more than ten percent of the vote and fourteen seats.

Included in that was former Wellington City Councillor Tamatha Paul, at just 26 years… Read more Audio

There's no time to rest for the All Blacks with a semi-final against Argentina this weekend.

The Pumas have never won a World Cup match against New Zealand - but what are the expectations on the… Read more Audio

The All Blacks pulled out one of their most memorable performances at a Rugby World Cup in holding out Ireland in that dramatic quarter-final in Paris.

Commentator Scotty Stevenson said the 28-24 win… Read more Audio

Crushed Labour MPs - grappling with the reality of being banished to the opposition benches - will start returning to the capital on Monday. Preliminary election night results show Labour's share of… Read more Audio

BusinessNZ and the Council of Trade Unions both say they hope the new government will be more responsive.

Both organisations seem to agree that the last government didn't always seem to have a good… Read more Audio

The Silver Ferns have lost the second Constellation Cup netball test in Brisbane going down 55-46 to Australia.

The result gives defending champs Australia a 2-0 lead in the four-test series, after… Read more Audio

Somebody who's been following the knife-edge Auckland results particularly closely has been Auckland politics writer Simon Wilson.

He's done an analysis on the blue wash.

Wilson spoke to Corin Dann.

People in the country's most Asian electorate - Mt Roskill in Auckland - are now counting on the new government to deliver on its promises to cut crime and boost the economy.

Part of the "blue wave"… Read more Audio