Morning Report

Australian fire crews have battled through the night as more than a hundred fires continue to burn in eastern states, dozens out of control.

Tuesday's conditions were officially designated… Read more Audio

Forty-six rookies have received Super Rugby contracts for the first time. Read more Audio

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

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the way officials have applied immigration policy in the past has allowed for rorting of the system.

A change in approach by Immigration New Zealand in… Read more Audio

The mayor of the New South Wales district where two people have died in bushfires says she's disgusted Australia's former deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce disparaged the victims as most likely… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

Residents in the New South Wales town of Taree say they are ready to evacuate.

Taree is just north east of the Hillville fire, which is continuing to rage.

Dennis Royal, who works at Taree Tenpin… Read more Audio

The Tuncurry Beach Bowling Club on New South Wales' mid north coast has been turned into an evacuation centre for bush fire refugees.

Hundreds are expected to seek refuge there.

Club manager Terry… Read more Audio

Forty-six rookies have received Super Rugby contracts for the first time. Read more Audio

Fires continue to rage across New South Wales as winds whip up the flames, a mysterious foundation that loans money to New Zealand First is under scrutiny, the Catholic Church begins its first-ever… Read more Audio

Almost exactly 250 years ago to the day that an astronomer on Captain Cook's first voyage to Aotearoa observed Mercury passing the sun, the rare celestial event has taken place again.

Keen… Read more Audio