Morning Report

The Federal Reserve cuts rates. Business confidence dips deeper. Labour inspectors to target franchise businesses for labour law compliance. NZX not keen on mandatory diversity rules. Financial… Read more Audio

Air New Zealand hopes to have its first electric aeroplane ordered within a decade.

Chief executive Christopher Luxon told the Nelson-Tasman business community at a luncheon on Wednesday… Read more Audio

A former museum curator is calling on Trade Me to put an immediate stop to the sale of moa bones.

Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage is looking at tightening the rules on the sale of bones from the… Read more Audio

Protesters blocking access to a Fletcher Building site at Ihumātao say news that the Māori King will visit the South Auckland site is overwhelming.

The project is being supported by the iwi authority… Read more Audio

The government has announced sweeping changes to the way drinking water will be managed - taking control away from local government and putting it in the hands of a central authority.

It's a response… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones says he'll be seeking reassurances from ANZ on its commitment to the regions when he meets the bank's chief executive in Melbourne on Friday.

ANZ… Read more Audio

An immigration lawyer is warning that hundreds of thousands of people could be kicked out of Australia if visa requirements are tightened even further.

The Australian federal government wants to… Read more Audio

Former Phoenix midfielder Sarpreet Singh has been named to start for German football champions Bayern Munich in this morning's Audi Cup pre-season tournament final against Premier League side… Read more Audio

Govt to control NZ drinking water, Havelock North sceptical; Andrew Little confronts Peter Dutton over deportations; More security needed to stop moa bones looting - Eugenie Sage; Peter Ellis appeal… Read more Audio

Petone residents are calling for a moratorium on all water bottling consents until the certainty of the region's water supply becomes clearer.

There are two active consents to draw almost 950 million… Read more Audio