Morning Report

A climate scientist says farmers would have to get rid of all livestock in order to reduce methane emissions to zero. The government has released its proposed bill to tackle climate change. The bill… Read more Audio

Highlanders and All Blacks winger Waisake Naholo will leave New Zealand rugby at the end of the year to join English club London Irish. Audio

Will the government break its election promise to build 100-thousand kiwibuild houses over the next ten years. New legislation to tackle climate change is being called hopeful but flawed. We find out… Read more Audio

It's one of the world's most endangered languages but the people from the Fijian dependency of Rotuma living here are trying hard to keep the language alive with classes and the second ever Rotuman… Read more Video, Audio

A sombre list of names of things now lost to us - from flora and fauna to fragrances to entire languages - are part of the art work New Zealand is presenting at this year's Venice Biennale. Audio

The Health Ministry still cannot say what extra mental health funding will be provided to Christchurch following the mosque shootings. It's almost two months since the attacks in which 51 people died… Read more Audio

Housing New Zealand has revealed plans to build ten affordable homes in Napier's poorest suburb where state homes once stood. There's been a desperate shortage of housing in Maraenui since 92 state… Read more Audio

In the Hamilton suburb of Te Rapa - Fonterra tanker drivers know that every evening their biggest fan will be waiting for them on a dairy farm on Reid Road. Andrew Oliver is obsessed with tankers and… Read more Video, Audio

The National Party wants answers to lots of questions before it decides whether to back the government's cannabis referendum. Their major sticking points are around edibles such as gummy bears or… Read more Audio

A Northland community worker fears legalising cannabis will do more harm than good in a region that is already struggling with widespread drug abuse. Voters will face a simple Yes-No question in next… Read more Audio

The Wallabies fullback Israel Folau is a step closer to being sacked by Rugby Australia after being found guilty of committing a high-level breach of the player's code of conduct. Folau faced a… Read more Audio

Northland schools face a massive headache with health officials calling for hundreds of unimmunised children to be banned from the region's schools for the next two weeks as they try to limit the risk… Read more Audio