Morning Report

People supporting a 19-year-old mother fighting to keep her baby are dismissing an internal inquiry into Oranga Tamariki's attempts to take it from her.

Last month, Hawke's Bay hospital went into… Read more Audio

More on the fatal airplane collision in Masterton on Sunday.

Investigators from the Civil Aviation Authority will be on the scene. Masterton local Scott Mckenzie is former millitary pilot with… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

A review of the family court system is calling for sweeping changes.

The Independent Panel's review of the 2014 family justice system reforms, acknowledges the family justice sector is in trouble and… Read more Audio

The Civil Aviation Authority will arrive in Masterton to investigate the scene of a fatal two-plane crash on Sunday.

Both pilots of the light aircrafts were killed - one of them had just dropped off… Read more Audio

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

A Whangarei dentist who has operated on scores of small children with rotten teeth says the government should be funding teeth-brushing programmes in schools.

Dave Stallworthy says dental decay in… Read more Audio

The Napier-Wairoa rail line will reopen on Friday, seven years after major storm damage closed the tracks.

The reinstated line is the first significant rail project funded through the Provincial… Read more Audio

The Drug Detection Agency has taken issue with a union's claims about workplace drug testing.

A lawyer for First Union - which represents more than 28,000 workers - told Morning Report on Thursday… Read more Audio