Morning Report

A review finds Whanau Ora doesn't know if all the money it hands out is spent effectively. Concern the economy's gone backwards for the first time in two years and Minister confident visas for Chinese… Read more Audio

Balloon artist Jeremy Telford from Utah turned his lounge into something that looked like an inflatable movie set. Audio

Prince Charles is celebrating his 64th birthday today, with a party at Government House in the capital. 64 New Zealanders who share a birthday with the heir to the throne have been selected to join… Read more Audio

Descendants of a Palmerston North tribe say they had to hassle the Government for a meeting to press their case for the Crown not to settle a Treaty claim with an urban authority; The Far North iwi… Read more Audio

The Auckland-based Rocket Lab launched a three-metre-long rocket from Great Mercury Island in the Hauraki Gulf using a new type of fuel which blends the benefits of liquid and solid rocket fuel. Audio

The sun will be reduced to a thin crescent this morning by the most dramatic eclipse in decades. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

A second trial is about to get under way of a hotly debated new kind of health worker known as a physician assistant. Audio

British MPs have been quizzing multinational companies in a bid to find out why they seem to make a lot of money but pay so little tax. Audio

The Insurance Council is mounting a legal challenge against the Christchurch City Council over its rules regarding earthquake-prone buildings. Audio

Australia's most senior Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, is being branded 'out of touch' and 'in denial' after giving a news conference confirming he will cooperate with a federal royal commission… Read more Audio