Morning Report

The Pentagon is reviewing the AUKUS security pact between Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. Reporter Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

The United Kingdom's national health service has told parents not to rely on shop-bought baby food as everyday meals after pouches from six leading brands fail to meet key nutritional standards. New… Read more Audio

The United Nations' State of the World Population report has found about a third of people over the age of 50 have not had as many children as they wanted. Distinguished professor Paul Spoonley spoke… Read more Audio

An eligibility row has erupted in the South Island's premier schoolboy rugby competition after it was revealed one of the leading teams has five 'Year 14' students in its line-up. Sports correspondent… Read more Audio

Two Interislander sailings have been cancelled after the Aratere ferry broke down on a sailing from Picton to Wellington. Interislander executive general manager Duncan Roy spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

Despite the US and China having struck a new trade truce after a two days of negotiations in London, US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick has said the 55 percent tariffs on Chinese goods will stay… Read more Audio

The latest Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries shows export forecasts are billions of dollars more than what was projected just months ago. Agriculture and Trade Minister Todd McClay spoke to… Read more Audio

The parents of a transgender teenager who starved to death in a motel room believe the various agencies involved failed to monitor the real threat posed by the 17-year-old's long-standing eating… Read more Audio

The Interislander ferry Aratere has broken down on a sailing from Picton to Wellington, leaving passengers stuck on board for hours. Reporter Nick James spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

Business news for 12 June 2025 Audio

Los Angeles police have made mass arrests after a partial curfew was imposed as protests against president Trump's immigration policies continue. Correspondent Toni Waterman spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

The Prime Minister's new chief science adviser believes farmers will come around to technologies that cut their emissions. Climate change correspondent Eloise Gibson reports. Audio