Morning Report

Māori forest owners fighting to keep exotic trees in the Emissions Trading Scheme are cautiously optimistic the Government is backing down.

Two months ago, iwi were threatening legal action and a… Read more Audio

Westport people have had their first chance to grill the experts about a potentially precedent-setting plan to deal with major floods over the next hundred years.

An information evening was held in… Read more Audio

The Government is forging ahead with legislation to restructure how Oranga Tamariki is monitored despite overwhelming opposition that's seen a National MP storm out of Parliament. 

The Oranga… Read more Audio

Wellington has reinforced its status as the landslip capital of New Zealand this week, with more swathes of earth coming away in the rain - blocking roads and undermining houses.

It's also been an… Read more Audio

Donald Trump has refused to answer questions under oath from the New York Attorney General's office today, as its years-long civil fraud probe nears its conclusion.

The investigation, led by Attorney… Read more Audio

Former National Party leader Simon Bridges has given evidence in a trial over alleged concealed donations to the party, agreeing Jami-Lee Ross went "full kamikaze".

Seven people including Ross are… Read more Audio

The police are investigating complaints about a man who used fake documents to get a job as a doctor at Middlemore Hospital .

Charlotte Cook has been following the story. Read more Audio

For the next six months some travellers will experience disruptions as Air New Zealand cuts the number of flights to deal with staff shortages.

Domestic and international schedules will operate at 90… Read more Audio

Domino's Pizza's last stores in Italy have been closed after the firm that operated its outlets in the country filed for bankruptcy.

EPizza SpA first filed for bankruptcy in early April after it was… Read more Audio

The author of a book described as a taonga for this generation and the next has taken out the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award for the fifth time.

Gavin Bishop's book Atua: Māori Gods and Heroes… Read more Audio

One of New Zealand's most celebrated and influential architects, Sir Miles Warren, has died at the age of 93.

Architecture historian Jessica Halliday spoke to Guyon Espiner about his legacy. Read more Audio