Morning Report

The Productivity Commission has told the government that it should rip up the Resource Management Act and start again. The Finance Minister Steven Joyce says New Zealand political parties need to… Read more Audio

Masterton's mayor Lynn Patterson says there is a shortage of social workers in the region, and that's putting pressure on the level of service being offered to the Wairarapa community. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The haunting sounds of whales travelling through Cook Strait have been captured in a pioneering sound project. NIWA marine ecologist Kim Goetz and her team put seven hydrophones in the Strait last… Read more Audio

The Black Caps need just five more wickets to secure a test series-levelling victory over South Africa. New Zealand made quick work of the Proteas' top order, leaving the visitors on 80 for five at… Read more Audio

The telecommunications industry body says big companies like Vodafone and Spark are not making enough profit. It blames too much competition, forcing them to cut prices to customers, as Eric Frykberg… Read more Audio

Coal workers might have false hope in Donald Trump's executive order today to scale back climate change policies, says a former US State Department climate official. Read more Audio

"We are going to put our coal miners back to work." President Donald Trump has signed an executive order which will roll back most of President Barack Obama's climate change legacy. Audio

Lawyer Deborah Manning is representing Afghans from the two villages that the books authors Jon Stephenson and Nicky Hager claim were raided by the New Zealand SAS in 2010. She says they'll be writing… Read more Audio

Child Youth and Family deputy chief executive Murray Edridge responds. In a written statement he says "I am disappointed that we have not met the standards that the court, lawyers, caregivers and… Read more Audio