Morning Report

A dawn service is underway at the pā on the outskirts of Waitara where the first shots of the New Zealand wars were fired in 1860.

The ceremony kicks off the second day of the commemorations of the… Read more Audio

Motorists driving into Auckland's city centre on Tuesday morning are being warned of significant delays because there are still some road closures because of the SkyCity International Convention… Read more Audio

The parents of a baby at the centre of an attempted removal by Oranga Tamariki are refusing to be part of a government review, saying they don't believe the investigation will be fair, or independent… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Noeline Taurua is planning to lodge a formal complaint about the standard of refereeing after the Silver Ferns were on the wrong end of a very heavy penalty count in the final game of the… Read more Audio

French police have arrested a man in his eighties suspected of firing shots at a mosque in Bayonne the south-west of France. Two people were injured in the shooting and the main suspected was arrested… Read more Audio

The All Blacks flanker Sam Cane says not being alone for too long has been the key to him moving on from their semifinal loss to England at the Rugby World Cup. Audio

The parents of a baby Oranga Tamariki tried to seize from hospital boycott an internal review, saying they don't trust it. The search begins for a new All Blacks coach. Victims of abuse in state and… Read more Audio