Morning Report

Whangarei's new charter school says it will get by without any help from state schools - if they insist on turning their backs on them. Audio

Auckland was bursting at the seams this weekend as 200 thousand people turned out to attend the Nines rugby league tournament, a major hip hop concert, and the Chinese lantern festival. Audio

A Tongan community leader says immigration should give overstayers who must return to their cyclone-devastated home island leeway to remain here. Audio

Counties Manukau District Health Board will talk with staff about a survey which found new mothers felt judged and mistreated. Audio

New Zealand have avoided an innnings defeat in the second cricket test against India at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. Audio

Three people have been killed in a tourist bus bombing in Egypt, the first in the Sinai desert in more than five years. Audio

A New Zealander living in Perth has set up an expatriates' political party. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The chief executive of New Zealand Oil and Gas, Andrew Knight, joins us. Audio

The Green Party is describing a roadshow in Taranaki as the oil and gas industry blatantly targeting school children with its pro-oil propaganda. Audio

A dozen miners have been rescued from an abandoned shaft in South Africa, but hundreds more may still be trapped. Audio

Alcohol is thought to be a factor in two high speed boat crashes at the weekend. Audio