Morning Report

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A former associate professor at Victoria University, Jim Veitch, says the comments by a Muslim cleric in Auckland reflect a conservative Islam view. "We're tetchy because anything to do with Islam in… Read more Audio

The First Union is promising a legal battle to ensure staff who've lost their jobs with the collapse of children's clothing chain Pumpkin Patch get paid redundacy. Audio

"We've got a crisis building here, but because the economy is built on consumption fuelled by immigation it's a merry go round the country won't get off." The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters… Read more Audio

Talk among Pacific rim countries has turned to whether they can still strike a trade deal without the United States. But the world trade editor for the Financial Times says talks will be put aside for… Read more Audio

Despite tightened health and safety laws in NZ, new figures show the rate of workplace deaths remains as high as last year, doing little to curb the workplace death toll. Audio

Staff at NIWA's Wellington office are being told by their union to stay away from work today after it was revealed it was a NIWA manager, not an engineer, who declared the building safe after last… Read more Audio

The Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, Steven Joyce says workers in Christchurch will be able to move north to repair roads and buildings damaged in the Kaikoura quake. Audio

Construction bosses say at least one thousand workers will be needed to rebuild roads and repair buildings after last week's earthquakes. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The leading manufacturing company, Fisher and Paykel Healthcare, says it has options to look after its lucrative United States business if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump carries through with his… Read more Audio