Morning Report

The head of an Auckland football club hopes two teams removed from competition for abusing referees will send a message to players and supporters.

A Ranui-Swanson Football Club men's team has been… Read more Audio

A new report has found adults and decision makers are too resistant to listening to children's opinions, and that needs to change.

The research by the Children's Commissioner called 'Are We… Read more Audio

New Zealand's women rowers have led the way at the world cup event on Poland winning four gold medals. Audio

Fewer road deaths, not crashes, the focus of Vision Zero, University staff 'silenced' over racism complaint, Insurance claim denials more common than thought, Memorial service in Christchurch for four… Read more Audio

It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

A regional paper is celebrating bucking a national trend of plummeting newspaper sales.

In the latest ABC-audited annual circulation results, the Wairarapa Times-Age was the top performer, with its… Read more Audio

Amid accusations of "blackmail' and "bullying" an extra-ordinary meeting of the New Plymouth council has approved a $50 million repair and upgrade to the quake-prone Yarrow Stadium.

Not doing so… Read more Audio

Thousands of Pacific Islanders - including a quarter of Samoa's population - are hoping for a new life in through the annual visa lotteries.

They are ready to wrench themselves from home for a New… Read more Audio

The number of women on state sector boards has reached an all time high, after the government decided to lead by example in encouraging more women into leadership roles.

Women now make up 47.4… Read more Audio

Eleven relatives of the Syrian father and son killed in the Christchurch mosque attacks have arrived in New Zealand to live.

Khaled and Hamza Mustafa were killed at the Al Noor mosque, leaving a… Read more Audio

Polytechnics had a horror year last year losing tens of millions of dollars as student enrolments at most of the 16 institutions continued to fall.

And it's not going to get better any time soon with… Read more Audio