Morning Report Podcast Options

6:56 AM.Intueri Education Group says it's still looking for other businesses to acquire. Audio

6:53 AM.New capital raised by Comvita will go towards paying off bank debt built up from acquisitions and infrastructure projects. Audio

6:51 AM.Ports of Auckland says incidents such as the strikes which crippled its operations and the Canterbury earthquakes which disrupted the Port of Lyttelton's operations shows New Zealand needs a resilient… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Pyne Gould has topped off the year with a fiery annual shareholders meeting, where the issue of transparency and accountability were front and centre. Audio

6:47 AM.The amount New Zealand owes the rest of the world fell in the September quarter to its lowest level since December 2003. Audio

6:27 AM.Auckland lawyers are rallying to keep a court social worker employed; A Far North iwi leader says valuation is the key to sorting the vexed question of whether councils should be charging rates for… Read more Audio

6:25 AM.A new report is calling for a crackdown on alcohol sponsorship and advertising saying at times, a complete ban on advertising is needed. Audio

6:20 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:17 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:00 AM.Funerals, vigils for children killed in Peshawar massacre; Pakistanis in NZ outraged, shocked, by school attack; US restrictions against Cuba eased; Phillip Smith names officer he says helped him flee… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.New Zealand's food safety watchdog wants to ban the sale of raw apricot kernels, which are advertised as an alternative treatment for cancer. Audio

8:53 AM.A farming leader says Worksafe New Zealand is out of control after a farming couple in Marlborough were fined 20-thousand dollars each for failing to wear helmets while riding quadbikes. Audio

8:49 AM.A Waitangi Tribunal judicial conference to set the boundaries for claims made by Maori military veterans will be heard in just over an hour's time; A call for tangata whenua to pay millions in unpaid… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Health researchers say Maori are more likely to suffer from an increase in diseases brought about by climate change than other New Zealanders. Audio

8:40 AM.New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew says he needed only a 'nano-second' to reappoint Steve Hansen as the All Blacks coach. Audio

8:34 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:32 AM.Another Bush is considering a tilt at America's top job. Audio

8:28 AM.When Auckland police pulled over a Mercedes driven by two teenage boys from Northland last month and found two and a half million dollars worth of methamphetamine, they took it as a sign a big drug… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Auckland woman Golnaz Bassam-Tabar says already her mother and sister feel like they've been on the receiving end of offensive comments as a result of the siege. Audio

8:20 AM.Here New Zealand Muslims are bracing for a backlash in the wake of the Sydney siege. Audio

8:16 AM.An acquaintance of the Martin Place gunman, Man Haron Monis, says the Iranian cleric was very secretive and harboured fantasies of being linked to the Iran government. Audio

8:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:55 AM.The disgraced former lawyer Davina Murray has claimed she's never been convicted for smuggling contraband to a convicted rapist and murderer inside Mt Eden prison - despite being found guilty and… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Police say yesterday's raid on a meth factory near Whangarei will have done serious but not terminal damage to a highly profitable drug ring run by the Headhunters' motorcycle gang. Audio