Morning Report

New Zealand's spy agencies say they know of troubling foreign donations across the political spectrum. The agencies have told MPs they support greater transparency around political donations, but warn… Read more Audio

Health officials are being accused of "calculated neglect" and dismissing debilitating gynaecological conditions as "women's problems", as South Auckland women are denied care. Many women in the… Read more Audio

Workplace Relations Minister Iain Lees-Galloway will today introduce a bill to Parliament that restores the authority's independence in determining the payscale for MPs. He spoke to Susie Ferguson… Read more Audio

MPs will vote today on a new way to set their pay - it looks a lot like the old way and neither the Greens nor Act is happy about it. Since 2015 the Remuneration Authority has been required to use a… Read more Audio

New Zealand's spy agencies have warned they know of troubling foreign donations and relationships right across the political spectrum at local and central government. They've told MPs they support… Read more Audio

The All Blacks 31-man squad for the Rugby World Cup will be named at midday today in Auckland, and flanker Liam Squire is providing the biggest talking point. Audio

The government is scrapping the formula used to calculate the pay for MPs each year. In 2015, in response to public concern about big pay increases awarded by the Remuneration Authority, the… Read more Audio

An electoral law specialist says there's no easy solution to controlling donations to political parties by foreigners. MPs on the Justice Select Committee were told by the head of the Security… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

An amendment to the Smokefree Environment Act to control how vaping can be advertised is expected to go before Parliament next month. Local vaping businesses and anti-smoking groups say aggressive… Read more Audio