Morning Report

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

A week after voters in the UK went to the polls for what many called the 'Brexit Election', Queen Elizabeth has opened a new session of Parliament by delivering the Queen's Speech.

It puts Britain's… Read more Audio

New Zealand sailor Josh Junior continues to lead the Finn Gold Cup fleet after four days of racing in Melbourne. Read more Audio

Holiday makers face long delays and massive queues today as the Christmas exodus begins. Republicans call Donald Trump's impeachment the 'most rushed, least thorough and most unfair' in history. The… Read more Audio

The last of the MPs are escaping Wellington on Thursday morning, heading back to their home cities as Parliament shuts up shop for the Christmas break.

Their final duty was the end-of-year debate -… Read more Audio

More flooding, habitat loss, poorer water quality and fewer species could be on the cards for a Southland lagoon as the climate changes.

The Department of Conservation has published a report today… Read more Audio

The family of an elderly woman say her rest home cut them out of a dementia assessment process, then gave them two weeks to find her a new place to live.

Isobel Grieve was a resident at Aria Bay care… Read more Audio

Questions are being raised about a proposed development near Ngamotu Beach in New Plymouth and its distance from an active oil well.

The Seaport Land Company wants to transform Fonterra's former cool… Read more Audio

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

Descendants of Tūhoe prophet Rua Kēnana say the crown's pardon of their ancestor will help heal pain and tears that have remained raw over many years.

The Rua Kēnana Pardon Bill passed its second and… Read more Audio