Morning Report

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

A 26-year old, social-media savvy woman could give the front-runners in Hamilton's mayoral campaign a fright, as her message connects with young voters in particular. There are eight candidates… Read more Audio

The National Party says it will consider supporting a loosening of Parliament's rules so official footage from the House can be used for political advertising. In an act of mass defiance, National… Read more Audio

A plan to start an all-female chapter of the Mongrel Mob has been met with a warning from one gang leader. The Waikato-based Mongrel Mob Kingdom has said it intends to have the chapter - called the… Read more Audio

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

New mountainbike and hiking trails, to putting a basketball hoop in every suburban cul-de-sac. These ideas to engage more people in sport and recreation flowed thick and fast from Nelson and Tasman… Read more Audio

The mayoral race in Whangarei has just three contestants - and one says she's mainly in it for the publicity. Rural Roads campaigner Alex Wright, and lawyer Tony Savage are challenging Whangarei's… Read more Audio

Pressure is mounting on the Wellington Regional Council to decline new applications to extract and bottle water for international export but it insists its hands are tied unless there's proof the… Read more Audio

An empty paddock next to a big box shopping development is the last place you'd expect to see a rare New Zealand dotterel nest ... or is it? In Auckland's Westgate, more and more pairs of the usually… Read more Audio

A brief update on the movements in the financial sector Audio