Morning Report

If you haven't posted your vote for Saturday's elections, you'll now have to deliver it yourself if you want to guarantee it will be counted. Voter turnout has been low so far. We speak to the chief… Read more Audio

The Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte believes a Brexit deal is still possible. That's despite Brexit negotiations looking like they are on the brink of collapse, as the British government concedes a… Read more Audio

Bush fires are raging in the states of Queensland and New South Wales in extremely high temperatures. In New South Wales up to 20 homes and buildings have been destroyed in the village of Rappville… Read more Audio

A report into the sinking of a ferry in Kiribati last year has found the crew was regularly drunk and the boat was not licensed to operate in the open ocean. 95 people died in the tragedy. A… Read more Audio

National Party leader Simon Bridges says "it's criminal" that the Government's revealed the biggest budget surplus in a decade - $7.5 billion - more than double the forecasts, while there are… Read more Audio

New Zealand First has referred a massive leak of members' personal details to the police and the Privacy Commissioner. Yesterday a database from 2016 including the names, occupation, phone numbers and… Read more Audio

The Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the Government has increased spending, and is rectifying deficits in health, education and infrastructure. However, Mr Robertson says the Government must take… Read more Audio

Tax cuts, housing, health, and the homeless... everyone has an opinion on how the Government should be spending its seven point five billion dollar surplus. National wants tax cuts but the Finance… Read more Audio

Mistakes by contractors put fire sprinklers and alarms out of action at one of the country's biggest high schools. 2000 students go to Cashmere High School in Christchurch where classrooms were left… Read more Audio

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

Investigations into faulty fire protection systems at a Christchurch school found contractors solved problems of false alarms by disconnecting more than 300 smoke detectors and alarm switches. That… Read more Audio