Morning Report

The New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko is close to the top of the leaderboard nearing the end of her opening round at the ANA Inspiration major in California. Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

Tasman begin the defence of their Mitre 10 Cup title this weekend as the competition begins with last year's runners-up Wellington confident they can lift the silverware this year.

The teams are… Read more Audio

German media are reporting Russian opposition activist, Alexei Navalny, is speaking after falling ill due to suspected poisoning.

Navalny was brought out an induced coma earlier this week by doctors… Read more Audio

The Australian Association of Pacific Studies says it's appalled by the treatment of Māori staff at the University of Waikato.

In a statement released yesterday, it condemned what it called… Read more Audio

Family of the crew members who died when The Gulf Livestock 1 sank in the East China Sea may be able to take legal action.

The ship went down in a typhoon after it lost engine power and was then hit… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

The New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko is in a tie for third midway through her opening round at the ANA Inspiration major in California. Read more Audio

When he spoke to us in August, Romeo Dowling-Mitchell of the Hungry Hobos restaurant in Dunedin told us he could whip up a pretty good toasted sandwich.

Now he's officially the best in the country… Read more Audio

New Zealand cyclist Sam Bewley is unsure if the mental or physical pain is worse after crashing out of his debut Tour de France.

Bewley fractured his wrist in a mass crash 100-kilometres into… Read more Audio