Morning Report

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

The New Zealand cricket team gets its chance to reverse a poor run against England when the test cricket season gets under way in Mount Maunganui today.

England of course won an unforgettable World… Read more Audio

A challenge of a different kind was put to Prince Charles at Waitangi yesterday - to lend one of his sons to Aotearoa to be a governor-general.

The request came from Ngāti Hine kaumatua, Waihoroi… Read more Audio

A woman molested as a five-year-old girl by a high-profile theologian is outraged at a Catholic leader offered excuses for his abuse.

Anne Hill of Northland was preyed on from the age of five by the… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

In Dunedin, the murder trial of a former doctor is in its third week.

Venod Skantha denies killing 16-year-old Amber-Rose Rush in February last year.

The first fortnight of the Crown case dealt with… Read more Audio

The Black Caps seamer Neil Wagner says a good performance against England can set the New Zealand Test squad up for their series to follow in Australia. Read more Audio

A woman who was sexually abused as a child is outraged a Catholic leader offered excuses for the theologian who carried out the abuse.

The laws governing political fundraising are coming under fresh… Read more Audio

Forensic scientists have been busy digging up the graves of pigs, sheep, and a plastic skeleton as part of a grave site recovery training course.

The Institute of Environmental Science and Research -… Read more Audio

Hawke's Bay environmental groups and iwi have launched a scathing attack on a major plan being proposed to manage the region's water -despite them being part of the six year process to develop it.

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A government plan to save thousands of seabirds from being killed by the fishing industry each year is being called weak and ineffective.

The action plan details what fishers should do to avoid… Read more Audio