Morning Report

Sixteen-year-old swimming sensation Caitlin O'Reilly has swum the Foveaux Strait, making her the youngest person to achieve the New Zealand Triple Crown.

That includes swimming Cook Strait and Lake… Read more Audio

To the Mackenzie country now, where hundreds of rowers are excited to get back out on the water today, and get racing.

They're in Twizel, for the National Championships regatta at Lake Ruataniwha.

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Christchurch residents who use lots of water may have to pay for the extra they use.

The city council wants to charge households using more than 700 litres of water a day, well above the daily… Read more Audio

A Kiwibuild development in New Plymouth has defied the naysayers and sold out the first tranche of 33 properties in double-quick time.

The Discovery Development in Marfell only went on the market in… Read more Audio

Search and rescue teams are urgently seeking any information that could help them locate a missing yacht off the east coast of Coromandel.

A garbled mayday about a sinking yacht came through around… Read more Audio

A surfer with serious injuries has been saved in a remarkable rescue.

The man who was surfing alone was swept onto rocks at Mercer Bay on Auckland's west coast.

He managed to write "HELP" on the… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

In May, the remaining six Defence Force personnel will leave Afghanistan, ending one of the longest running deployments in our history.

More than 3,500 personnel have served in Afghanistan and ten… Read more Audio

New Zealand will end one of its longest overseas deployments, following the announcement that the last six New Zealand soldiers in Aghanistan will leave by May.

That still leaves thousands of… Read more Audio