Morning Report

The inquest into the suspected suicide of a Palmerston North Hospital mental health ward patient more than eight years ago is starting today.

Shaun Gray, a 30-year-old father of one, died on April… Read more Audio

Māori housing advocates say red tape and barriers at the bank are stopping whānau building on their own land.

They say its essential Māori can build papakāinga - housing for a community - as Māori… Read more Audio

It's a year since heavy rain caused rivers in Mid-Canterbury to burst their banks causing huge damage to farmland.

An area known as Greenstreet inland from Ashburton was the hardest hit - paddocks… Read more Audio

The Chinese foreign minister is expected to push a region-wide security deal, which was first revealed in leaked draft documents.

Samoa and the Solomon Islands have already inked bilateral agreements… Read more Audio

Another New Zealand-based evangelical church is being accused of exploiting members by pressuring them to work long hours for free and give huge donations.

The Celebration Centre Church has assets… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister is gearing up for a massive week in the United States - capping off her jam-packed programme with the most-coveted of invites - a White House visit on Wednesday.

But her delegation… Read more Audio

US President Joe Biden has arrived in Uvalde, the Texas town where an 18 year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers last week.

It could be defining moment for the President at a time when… Read more Audio

Tairawhiti is expecting lots of rain - again - after it was hit badly twice in space of three weeks earlier this year.

The region's under an orange rain warning, with up to 150 millimetres expected… Read more Audio

The Trade Minister has acknowledged the United States is unlikely to return to the trans-Pacific trade pact in the near future, but says New Zealand won't give up on it.

Damien O'Connor is travelling… Read more Audio