Morning Report

All Blacks assistant coach Ian Foster has labelled Sonny Bill Williams doubtful for this weekend's Rugby Championship test against Argentina in Buenos Aires. Audio

Two Little Blue Penguins, otherwise known as Wellington's waddling vagrants, have made headlines around the world.

Last night Department of Conservation rangers went back out to check on them to see… Read more Audio

The 30-year reign of Dunedin's Baldwin Street as the steepest street in the world is over.

Sarah Badham co-led the Welsh campaign to share the title of steepest street for Ffordd Pen LLech. Read more Audio

It's the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 which carried Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon and into a place in history.

Four days later, Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of… Read more Audio

The country's largest gun retailer is about to open a new mega store in Christchurch, angering many living close by, who fear it will only lead to more firearms in the community.

Katie Todd reports.

The Interim Climate Change Committee wants farmers to start paying the cut price rate from 2025.

But farming groups have put forward an alternative proposal - to research new technologies to lower… Read more Video, Audio

Farmers are being offered a 95 percent discount when they're brought into the emissions trading scheme but sector leaders say there are better ways of reducing agriculture's climate impact.

The… Read more Audio

Matata residents are weighing their options, after local councils and central government offered to buy properties in a dangerous debris flow zone at a market rate.

The decision comes 14 years after… Read more Audio

Residents living in a dangerous debris flow zone in the Bay of Plenty beach settlement of Matata and who don't want to move are vowing to fight a council plan to shift them out.

In 2005, part of the… Read more Audio

Cutting road deaths by 40 percent over 10 years is the aim of the government's new road safety strategy.

Road to Zero will focus on improving safety on the roads, rather than reducing crashes.

The… Read more Audio

The Silver Ferns are ready for the business end of the Netball World Cup. Audio

Soft inflation backs view of more RBNZ rates cuts, but is the central bank headed into uncharted waters. Cutting red tape and costs for small businesses. Ethical Kiwisaver scheme aims for young… Read more Audio