Morning Report

The police are charging about 25 percent fewer people for low level drug offending than they were before a law change in August.

Three times as many people are being sent to health services… Read more Audio

Benee was the big winner at the 54th New Zealand Music Awards last night - taking home the top prize in four categories. Charlotte Ryan from Music 101 speaks to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

A Kurdish Iranian refugee who has become known as the voice of Manus Island detainees has arrived in New Zealand - and might try to seek asylum here.

Behrouz Boochani is an award-winning author… Read more Audio

Students caught up in yet another school shooting in the US have described feeling terrified when they heard gunfire on Friday morning. One student has died, two others are in critical conditions -… Read more Audio

A powerful New Zealand First figure helped establish a forestry company that then pushed for money from two key funding streams controlled by a New Zealand First Minister.

An RNZ investigation has… Read more Audio

Greymouth's Paul Coll has joined the legendary Ross Norman to become just the second New Zealander to make the men's World Squash final. Read more Audio

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

The Christchurch City Council executives will be undergoing intensive retraining on how to manage Official Information requests after an extremely critical report.

The Chief Ombudsman has uncovered a… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

Referrals to health services for people caught in possession of methamphetamine have risen rapidly as a result of a law change.

In April, nobody was referred to a health service when caught with… Read more Audio