Morning Report

Rapper-singer-songwriter Kings made four trips to the podium at the Pacific Music Awards in Auckland on Thursday night as he took out best male artist and best song for the his track '6 figures'.

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It's a new way to pay and manage money - so-called 'open banking' - and slowly but surely it's coming to New Zealand. Yesterday, the company that runs the country's electronic pay systems, Payments… Read more Audio

It was a moment in Parliament 16 years in the making...

The waiata celebrated the passage into law of a landmark bill that gives Ngāti Porou greater rights to marine and coastal resources.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured another five-year term after winning the election by a landslide. With 900 million eligible voters, the election for India's lower house of parliament… Read more Audio

The Children's Commissioner is again calling for the police to rethink their policy of chasing young drivers. The police watchdog on Thursday found the police should not have given chase to a car in… Read more Audio

National says the government is breaking a significant economic promise by easing its debt targets. The Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the government intends to relax its debt target of 20… Read more Audio

Airline pilots says despite a report showing failings by the aviation watchdog contributed to a fatal helicopter crash, the public should feel safe when flying. The director of the Civil Aviation… Read more Audio

Destiny Church has launched a political party, headed by Brian Tamaki's wife Hannah Tamaki. She says they have launched a month earlier than planned, and do not yet have a website. 

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The co-founder of Destiny Church, Hannah Tamaki, admits her new political party, Coalition New Zealand, could split the Christian vote if National MP Alfred Ngaro also launches a party.

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The Highlanders aren't taking any extra off field precautions for their Super Rugby match against the Stormers in Cape Town this weekend, in the wake of the allegations of poor behaviour from… Read more Audio

A mass lie-in is planned for Auckland's Queen Street as thousands of students call for greater action from the government on the climate crisis. The lie-in is part of student action across the… Read more Audio