Morning Report

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

Eight former professional rugby players with early onset dementia are preparing a landmark case against World Rugby for what they call a failure to protect top players from the risks caused by… Read more Audio

New research says seclusion and restraint are used too often, for too long, and frequently without a clear reason by prisons.

Women in prison are segregated at a far higher rate than men, and Māori… Read more Audio

Oxfam says nine out of 10 people in the poorest countries will miss out on a Covid-19 vaccination next year.

But in high-income countries like New Zealand, governments have bought enough doses to… Read more Audio

Oxfam says nine out of ten people in the poorest countries will miss out on a Covid-19 vaccination next year because richer countries are getting the majority of vaccines produced.

Canada is one of… Read more Audio

The lawyer leading an action against rugby's authorities has warned the sport faces a dementia "epidemic" among retired professionals without serious reform of the game. Read more Audio

The US Supreme Court has rejected an election lawsuit made by President Trump's legal team to overturn Joe Biden's win in Pennsylvania.

The denial is a blow to Donald Trump as his window of… Read more Audio

An expert in far-right extremism says any new counter-terrorism agency would have to be well funded to make a difference.

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch attacks found no… Read more Audio

The ANZ bank is predicting a double-digit rebound in GDP numbers out next week.

The bank says the economy has been surprisingly resilient, helped by success in containing Covid-19, and it expects GDP… Read more Audio

Real estate agents are accused of adding fuel to the red-hot property market by manipulating so-called "estimated prices" on websites.

Consumer advocates say it's a case of buyer beware and urge… Read more Audio

Parliament has now wrapped up for what feels like the longest year.

In their final speeches of 2020 politicians were more sombre than usual.

But some couldn't completely resist a few jokes and… Read more Audio

The Human Rights Commission is telling prisons, young people's residences and health and disability units, to stop using seclusion and restraint - or at the very least to cut down on the practice.

A… Read more Audio