Morning Report

A brief update on the movements in the financial sector Audio

Nearly half the country's worst drink drivers are not being ordered by the courts to fit a vehicle immobiliser, despite this now supposedly being mandatory. A report from the Automobile Association… Read more Audio

The British Supreme Court has ruled that the decision by the British prime minister Boris Johnson to prorogue or suspend parliament for five-weeks was unlawful. Dr Dean Knight is the co-director of… Read more Audio

Back now to our top story on the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. An urgent meeting is being held today between commissioners and Tracey Martin, Minister for Internal Affairs and for… Read more Audio

School decile numbers will be dumped by 2022 at the latest and replaced by a new index based on indicators such as family income and transience between schools.The change will give each school a score… Read more Audio

The Warrior's rugby league team has new owners this morning. Minority shareholder Autex Industries has reached an agreement with the Carlaw Heritage Trust to purchase its 67 per cent stake. It's the… Read more Audio

Hundreds of ponzi scheme victims have come forward claiming to be owed up to 45-million dollars, after an Auckland businessman suddenly died, precipitating the company's collapse. Audio

Texts the Hutt City Council told RNZ did not exist about a retirement complex's seriously bad plumbing were in fact sent to the mayor who deleted them. A plumber also sent Mayor Ray Wallace nine… Read more Audio

US President Donald Trump celebrated nationalism in his address to the United Nations overnight, declaring that the future belongs to the patriots - not the globalists. Meanwhile, Prime Minister… Read more Audio

Public hospitals are bracing for what they say will be a coordinated campaign of strike action affecting around 12,000 patients a day from next week. It follows a lack of progress in talks involving… Read more Audio

Confidence in the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care is "badly broken", says leader of the opposition Simon Bridges. Audio