Morning Report

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

A bill aiming to ban foreign donations to political parties will continue being debated under urgency today, after only getting to its first and second readings last night.

The bill would see the… Read more Audio

Fourteen grams a day, four plants per household and legal edibles.

Those are just some of the high points of draft cannabis legislation released yesterday which New Zealanders will be able to vote on… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

Shopowners and residents of Wanaka braced for flooding overnight as heavy rain caused the lake to spill over. Queenstown Lakes District Council is providing sandbags for people from this morning as a… Read more Audio

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at his French counterpart for his recent comments about NATO, amid an acrimonious start to the alliance's 70th birthday meeting in Britain.

Mr Trump said… Read more Audio

Following their Test series win against England the New Zealand cricket team are now looking ahead to a three Test series against Australia. Read more Audio

More emergency measures are introduced to battle measles in Samoa, Andrew Little makes the case for cannabis legalisation, three women who say their children were abused by Peter Ellis say ongoing… Read more Audio

One of New Zealand's most recognisable maunga is officially set to be known solely by its Maori name.

Nga Iwi o Taranaki and the crown have reached an agreement for Taranaki Maunga to be used… Read more Audio

Iwi have accused a cruise ship company of staging a "pantomime powhiri" for its passengers as they landed in Tauranga.

Footage of shirtless non-Maori staff of the ship with fake moko drawn on their… Read more Audio

Frustrated carers are taking to the picket line today to protest over what they say are zero hour contracts.

The workers at Woburn Masonic Village, in Lower Hutt, want certainty over their shifts.

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