Morning Report

The Crusaders are marching towards their third straight Super Rugby title with a history chasing Jaguares from Argentina the final hurdle in Christchurch on Saturday night.

The hosts are stacked with… Read more Audio

The Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt says it's regrettable that changes to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and intersex status are not being actioned swiftly.

The changes are… Read more Audio

Cash-strapped charity Coastguard New Zealand believe lives will be put at risk if it's forced to pay a levy to the government.

The coastal search and rescue charity needs $20 million a year to keep… Read more Video, Audio

A West Coast dairy cooperative that's been in farmers' hands since the 19th century looks set to pass into Chinese ownership.

On Thursday in Greymouth, the farmer shareholders of Westland Milk… Read more Audio

Primary and intermediate school principals are boycotting all work with the Ministry of Education for the next six weeks.

The principals, who are members of the Educational Institute, are unhappy… Read more Audio

The Serious Fraud Office has dropped its investigations into the former Waikato DHB chief Nigel Murray, saying it's too expensive to try to build a criminal case against him.

The decision's prompted… Read more Audio

An under-arm ace and the second-fastest serve in tennis history haven't been enough to spare Nick Kyrgios from defeat to Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon this morning. Audio

Early childhood services are worried a huge pay disparity for their teachers will get even worse if kindergartens get the same big pay rises that school teachers won last month.

They say their… Read more Audio

A rāhui is being placed on parts of Lake Taupō and the upper Waikato River following the massive sewage spill earlier this week.

The Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board has imposed the rāhui from 9am Friday… Read more Audio

The Director-General of the Ministry for Primary Industries has apologised to farmers for the way the ministry handled the programme to eradicate Mycoplasma Bovis.

Two reviews of how MPI handled the… Read more Audio

The Human Rights Commission is disappointed the government is not moving faster to provide explicit legal protection for trans and gender diverse people.

In January the United Nation's Human Right's… Read more Audio