Morning Report

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

New Zealand winter olympic medal hopeful, Jossi Wells has failed to deliver in the eagerly anticipated men's freeski slopestyle. Audio

A civil liberties organisation and members of the music industry, have questionned the way a rap group, which was due to play in Auckland tomorrow night, has been banned from entering New Zealand. Audio

A polytech is stepping in to save what it describes as school dropouts; The Bay of Plenty iwi of Ngai Tuhoe is considering subsidies for descendants to make their homes environmentally friendly; The… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

A major storm blowing in heavy snow and ice is gripping large swaths of the winter-weary US, leaving a dozen people dead and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes. Audio

Some say Immigration New Zealand has gone too far by banning a controversial American rap group. Teenage golfer Lydia Ko beats Valerie Adams and the All Blacks to take out the Supreme Halberg Award… Read more Audio

The English king Richard the Third is set to make history once again by becoming the first to have his genetic code sequenced. Audio

Cantabrians are coming up with novel solutions to overcome Christchurch's housing shortage including communal living and re-using condemned homes. Audio

The Porirua tribe of Ngati Toa is threatening to pull out of a trans-Tasman project to construct Maori totem poles in a New South Wales park, if the concerns of the local aboriginal community aren't… Read more Audio

The Marlborough coastline could soon be serviced by the country's first registered and purpose-built marine ambulance. Audio