Morning Report

More than 70 years of historic kapa haka film will be on display during the Te Matatini festival in Wellington. Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision will be showcasing some of its treasure trove of waiata and… Read more Audio

Politicians have been urged to stick to the facts when it comes to crime. That was the message from a crowd of about 200 at a meeting of the Safe and Effective Justice programme's advisory group in… Read more Audio

Former All Black Julian Savea says he is going to keep going to training for the french side Toulon despite being told to leave. Owner Mourad Boudjellal says Savea is free to go, despite still having… Read more Audio

A miniature horse is in an equine hospital after being stabbed 41 times in a brutal attack. Star, who's 10-years-old, was attacked in the early hours of Monday morning, and rushed to the Otago Equine… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Dylan Thomsen is a spokesperson from the AA. He responds to drug counsellor Roger Brooking's claim the association's statistics on drug driving are incorrect. Audio

A drug and alcohol counsellor says reports last year that deaths caused by drug driving had overtaken the drink driving toll were wrong. Roger Brooking says the reports were based on figures published… Read more Audio

The government is being warned it should move ahead with a tax on companies such as Facebook, Uber and Google only if other countries do the same. Tax specialist Geof Nightingale says that as a small… Read more Audio

The government is being warned it should move ahead with a tax on companies such as Facebook, Uber and Google only if other countries do the same. A proposal to tax multinationals making money out of… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister says New Zealand will take an independent position on Huawei and it will not be influenced by our Five Eyes partners. The US has been seeking to persuade allies to ban the Chinese… Read more Audio

The South African 800 metres champion, Caster Semenya has gone to court in Switzerland to argue she should not have to lower her naturally high level of testosterone in order to compete. Audio

A trust set up by the American golfing billionaire Ric Kayne is funding genetic research on the country's rarest bird - the fairy tern. Mr Kayne built the Tara Iti golf course near Mangawhai, and the… Read more Audio