Morning Report

Residents in the South Island are picking up the pieces after a wild weekend of weather. Heavy rain battered much of the West Coast since Friday, causing major slips on a 350 kilometre stretch of… Read more Audio

New Zealand cyclists have has ridden away with eight medals five of them gold at the track world cup meet in Cambridge. Read more Audio

A wild weekend of weather -Almost a thousand tourists are stranded in Franz Josef - The Timaru District remains in a state of emergency and roads north are cut by the flooded Rangitata River and many… Read more Audio

It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

Some of the world's top track cyclists are in Cambridge over the next three days competing in the fourth round of the track cycling world cup.

Five-hundred riders from 44 countries are taking part… Read more Audio

Up to 200 New Zealand children with epilepsy may be missing out on a diet treatment that could make them seizure-free.

Help from a dietician is essential to assist parents manage the extremely strict… Read more Audio

After two years of debate health officials are now recommending that drugs containing codeine should available only on prescription.

Doctors and pharmacists are split - they want to stamp out abuse… Read more Audio

Residents on a major arterial route in Wellington are worried about a six-month-long road closure and one business is even considering shutting down.

New water mains need to be installed along… Read more Audio

A brief update on the movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

Trustees from Dilworth school for underprivileged boys in Auckland are asking donors to help them to establish an equivalent school for girls.

Dilworth opened in 1906 and it offers fully funded… Read more Audio

Carvings from a Te Arawa wharenui are set to return home - more than 120 years after leaving New Zealand shores.

The wharenui Hinemihi was a tourist attraction at Lake Tarawera but was sold to… Read more Audio

The government will take the recommendations of a study into New Zealand's petrol industry to Cabinet - with the aim of reducing the cost of fuel consumers.

Yesterday the Commerce Commission released… Read more Audio