Morning Report

Anti-abortion counselling organisations have received more than $330,000 of taxpayer money in the past 15 years. The government grants are for organisations that benefit communities but they are not… Read more Audio

Two housing experts have given up on Kiwibuild before the reset has even been announced. Today, Housing Minister Megan Woods will unveil the government's recalibration - seven months and one demoted… Read more Audio

A youth counselling service that concentrates on people dealing with suicide and trauma says it's had to turn people away because of a lack of funding. Skylight says it provided 13,000 counselling… Read more Audio

The Minister for Children says she won't consider changing the law allowing teenage offenders to be held in police cells - despite ongoing calls to do so. Latest figures this week revealed seven young… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

A veteran Green Party feminist and lesbian activist has sparked a storm among party members by warning that MPs' attitudes to transgender issues risks undermining women's rights. Jill Abigail wrote an… Read more Audio

Economist and housing specialist Shamubeel Eaqub says Kiwibuild is a distraction and was never going to solve the problems that caused a housing crisis. Today the Housing Minister Megan Woods will… Read more Audio

Conservative MP Phillip Lee has defected to the Liberal Democrats ahead of a showdown between Boris Johnson and Tory rebels over Brexit. His defection means that Boris Johnson no longer has a working… Read more Audio