Morning Report

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

An anti-poverty campaigner says the government's big infrastructure spend-up prioritises roading projects over the wellbeing of low-income families.

Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling on the… Read more Audio

A sixth arson in the space of two weeks has residents in settlements along the eastern shore of Lake Taupo worried and frightened.

In early January five properties were sent on fire, two homes were… Read more Audio

Labour appears to be throwing down the gauntlet in the fight for middle New Zealand.

Yesterday the government revealed dozens of projects coming out of its $12 billion Infrastructure Fund - including… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

Auckland mayor Phil Goff is delighted his city has scooped up a big chunk of the Government's $12 billion infrastructure spend.

There's over $2 billion for new roads and a billion for rail.

Goff… Read more Audio

The New Zealand cricketers have again come out on the wrong side of a super-over, beaten by India in the third T20 international in Hamilton. Read more Audio

German-Jewish refugee Richard Fuchs, came to New Zealand in 1939 fleeing from Nazi persecution. Fuchs wrote symphonies, chamber works, as well as many songs.

But because he was Jewish, his music was… Read more Audio