Morning Report

Tax cuts, housing, health, and the homeless... everyone has an opinion on how the Government should be spending its seven point five billion dollar surplus. National wants tax cuts but the Finance… Read more Audio

Mistakes by contractors put fire sprinklers and alarms out of action at one of the country's biggest high schools. 2000 students go to Cashmere High School in Christchurch where classrooms were left… Read more Audio

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

Investigations into faulty fire protection systems at a Christchurch school found contractors solved problems of false alarms by disconnecting more than 300 smoke detectors and alarm switches. That… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

With the Government's books in good order, a bank economist is encouraging the Finance Minister to consider loosening the purse strings. Grant Robertson unveiled the biggest surplus in a decade… Read more Audio

As a replica Endeavour enters Tūranganui a Kiwa this morning, researchers in Rhode Island, are still working to uncover the real ship. The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project has been working to… Read more Audio

The loss of State Highway Four between Whanganui and Raetihi is hitting some local businesses hard, says Ruapehu's mayor. A 400 metre stretch of the highway disappeared in a massive slip last week… Read more Audio