Morning Report

Want to catch a world-record-sized fish? Then it looks like Gisborne is the place to drop your lines. Yesterday we brought you a story about a possible world record southern bluefin tuna which was… Read more Audio

RNZ has spoken to students and staff at the University of Canterbury about their experiences of racism. Maryanne Tupou is a law student at the University of Canterbury, and was one of four tertiary… Read more Audio

Calling all Aucklanders with that perfect selfie - the Auckland War Memorial Museum would like to immortalise your image. The museum plans to collect a 1000 selfies to add to its permanent photography… Read more Audio

Candidates for Wellington's regional council agree bus drivers need to be given more pay, and better conditions. The capital's bus revamped network is a hot election issue - as it's still causing… Read more Audio

More complaints of poor service have emerged in the Wellington in-home care sector. On Friday we told the story of the daughter of an 84-year-old woman, who went on Facebook to criticise the lack of… Read more Audio

Tall Blacks centre Alex Pledger says the team have put their opening loss to Brazil at the Basketball World Cup behind them, and shifted their focus to tonight's match against Montenegro. Both teams… Read more Audio

Cancer treatment advocates are sceptical, but ever hopeful, that a new national Cancer Control Agency will help put an end to the quality of care being dependent on where you live. The government has… Read more Audio

Social service providers say they have uncovered a $630m government funding shortfall of essential services. A study commissioned by Social Service Providers Aotearoa found that the government funds… Read more Audio

Hurricane Dorian has had a catastrophic impact on the Bahamas, destroying or severely damaging as many as 13,000 houses. The International Red Cross says shelter, clean water and medical supplies are… Read more Audio

Twenty-nine people are missing or feared dead after a diving boat caught fire near Santa Cruz Island, off the coast of Southern California. Five people were rescued from the now submerged vessel, and… Read more Audio