Morning Report

Secondary school principals are the latest group of school staff to lodge a pay claim with the Education Ministry. They're after a 15 percent pay rise, another week of annual leave and $1000 a year to… Read more Audio

All Blacks Richie Mo'unga and George Bridge are free to play for the Crusaders this weekend while an investigation is carried out into their alleged offensive behaviour while in South Africa. New… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

A family in Wellington have just discovered they've got a long-lost relative who served in Gallipoli but who has been lying in an unmarked grave in Porirua. Corporal Willie Snelgrove died of Spanish… Read more Audio

The head of the Police Association is defending the pursuit policy for young fleeing drivers, as youth advocates continue to call for its suspension and more research. The debate has re-emerged after… Read more Audio

The Highlanders assistant coach Glenn Delaney will leave the Super Rugby side at the end of the season to take up an assistant coaching role with the Welsh rugby club Scarlets in 2020. Audio

We have a leaked report which details critical earthquake faults in a new high rise building in Christchurch. A review finds bullies in Parliament but doesn't say who they are. And a Muslim community… Read more Audio

Safety and other concerns have been raised in the High Court relating to a controversial cycleway in Wellington's Island Bay. The local residents association has asked the High Court to review… Read more Audio

Wasp numbers are increasing dramatically in Auckland and experts are warning the populations could climb higher if they are not controlled. Auckland Council has received more calls from people… Read more Audio

The National Director of the Family First lobby group, Bob McCoskrie, says there could be plenty of support for a new Christian values party but it will depend on whether voters believe it could win… Read more Audio

A recycling plant in Invercargill, employing more than 80 workers with disabilites is set to lose a key contract and it likely will cost those workers their jobs. For the last eight years Southland… Read more Audio