Morning Report

Top stories this morning... People are pledging to form human chains outside mosques during Friday prayers. Some relief for families as funerals of victims begin. Winston Peters is set to have words… Read more Audio

Māori writer Witi Ihimaera says a great pōuri – sadness – has descended on Aotearoa, but the message for the future is clear. Read more Video, Audio

The union representing log truck drivers says tough action by the Transport Agency is long overdue against a big Whangarei trucking company. The Agency's revoking the licence of Stan Semonoff Logging… Read more Audio

It could be years before Wellington gets its central library back. The 28 year old building that the mayor calls the city's living room closed its doors last night because of the risk to people in a… Read more Audio

Fish and Game, which represents 150,000 anglers and game bird hunters, is supporting a ban on military assault rifles. The organisation says there is no legitimate recreational hunting use for such… Read more Audio

Fonterra's half year results have just been released. Business reporter Kim Savage joins Guyon Espiner with an update. Audio

The Sikh community has been helping the families of the Muslim victims of the terrorist attack in Christchurch. The Sikh Sangat Trust says while it's doing whatever it can to help the families of the… Read more Audio

The gunman thought he'd won by shooting Linda Armstrong "but she's now in heaven, where she belongs". Those are the words of Ashburton man Tayeb, who's spent the past four days anxiously waiting for… Read more Audio

We heard earlier from the Mayor of Christchurch Lianne Dalziel. Christchurch City Councillor Raf Manji talks to Susie Ferguson about what's happening in Christchurch through the week. Audio

The family of a young woman, left a widow with two small children after Friday's terrorist attack, are pleading with the government to let them stay beyond their visitor visas, and support her… Read more Audio

Thirty people who were injured in Friday's attack are still in hospital, and nine of them are in a critical condition including a four-year-old girl in Starship Hospital. Her father is in Auckland… Read more Audio