Morning Report

The National Party says public confidence in the Transport Agency has been completely undermined by its handling of warrants of fitness failings. The agency only suspended a Dargaville garage's… Read more Audio

The Football Ferns have secured a semi-final berth at the Oceania Women's Nations Cup in new Caledonia with a 6-nil win over the Cook Islands. Audio

City Rail Link builder RCR Tomlinon goes bust, Questions remain over NZTA handling of WOF checks - National, NZTA board chair not seeking CEO's resignation over WOF saga, Hawke's Bay, Gisborne see… Read more Audio

A decision by Sir David Attenborough's BBC film crew to intervene to save a group of penguins trapped in a ravine has sparked a heated debate among wildlife documentary makers. Some have complained it… Read more Audio

The Black Ferns' successes on the world stage have shone a light on women's rugby, but at grass roots level the game is still living in the shadows. Coaches say there's still a long way to go before… Read more Audio

Unemployment is at a ten-year low - 3.9 percent across New Zealand. In Ashburton the unemployment rate is even lower, just under two percent don't have jobs. It might sound like good news for the… Read more Audio

"I stabbed him...run." The High Court in Napier has been told those are the words 14-year-old Haami Hanara uttered to a witness, immediately after they got into a fight with a homeless man. The… Read more Audio

The roads in and out of the flood-hit township of Henley will be closed for up to three more days, as the water recedes. Otago and Southland has been drenched by heavy rain this week - although the… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

An inquiry into an SAS raid in Afghanistan that according to the book Hit and Run led to civilian deaths has begun in Wellington with a preliminary hearing. It's being conducted by the former Supreme… Read more Audio

The Transport Agency has admitted knowing since 2011 that a Dargaville mechanic was issuing warrants without doing crucial checks. A passenger in one of the cars died when his frayed seatbelt failed… Read more Audio

A Far North iwi says it's disappointed the Deparment of Conservation's joined a court challenge to plans for peat-mining on wetlands north of Kaitaia. Ngai Takoto says the legal action is a waste of… Read more Audio