Morning Report

A leading organic grape grower wants New Zealand Winegrowers to cancel what he calls a pro-genetic modification speaker at its annual conference tomorrow. Futurity Food chief executive Jack Bobo is… Read more Audio

The Human Rights Commission is calling for employers to be made to reveal their pay scales so staff can find out if they're earning what they should be. It hopes this will help close the gender pay… Read more Audio

Mark Lundy is making a last ditch attempt to overturn his convictions for murdering his wife and daughter 19 years ago. Lundy was convicted of the Palmerston North killings in 2002 - the convictions… Read more Audio

Former Gisborne mayor Meng Foon faces turbulence as he steps into his new role as Race Relations Commissioner. The Christchurch mosque attacks, Oranga Tamariki's treatment of Maori children, the… Read more Audio

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters says the National Party is throwing older people under the bus by trying to change superannuation. The party wants to increase the age of entitlement from 65 to… Read more Audio

The number of people dying by suicide is the highest it has ever been and there's a sharp increase in the number of Maori in those statistics. In the year to June 169 people with Maori whakapapa died… Read more Audio

Tobacco giant Philip Morris approached a district health board offering to give devices away at no cost for "community-based trials, data collection and monitoring". The company claimed there would be… Read more Audio

The New Zealand cricket captain Kane Williamson has credited his batters for laying the foundation for their second Test win over Sri Lanka. Audio

New Zealand has pulled off an upset overnight, scoring an impressive victory over Sri Lanka in the second and final cricket test in Colombo. Constant stoppages for bad weather suggested a draw would… Read more Audio

Associate education minister Tracey Martin speaks to Corin Dann about the new special education coordinator roles, which have been called 'flawed' and unworkable'. Read more Audio

The Educational Institute is urging its members to call for a halt to the roll-out of 623 new special education jobs which it says are flawed and unworkable. The union is asking primary and… Read more Audio