Morning Report

The Transport Agency has banned another vehicle inspection business over its poor Warrant of Fitness assessments. Westland Automotive and Tyre in Auckland was suspended and its director Akram Zakeri… Read more Video, Audio

The United States has asked telecommunications providers in countries it is allies with to avoid using equipment from Chinese tech giant Huawei. Earlier this month the company partnered with Spark for… Read more Video, Audio

The United States has asked telecommunications providers in countries it is allies with to avoid using equipment from Chinese tech giant Huawei. Earlier this month the company partnered with Spark for… Read more Audio

European leaders in Brussels have endorsed the deal for Britain's departure from the European Union next year. The European Commission leader, Jean-Claude Juncker, warned the British parliament not to… Read more Audio

The head of Auckland's City Rail Link does not expect the collapse of a key partner to derail the project. The Australian firm RCR Tomlinson went into administration last week, just six weeks after… Read more Audio

Cleaners and other workers in public hospitals are looking at substantial pay rises, in some cases more than 40 percent over the next three years, after years of incremental salary increases of just a… Read more Audio

New Zealand women fleeing domestic violence in Australia are being forced back across the ditch under an international child abduction agreement. The Hague Convention was created in 1980 to force the… Read more Audio

A man has been shot dead by police in the Canterbury town of Darfield after he drove into an officer seriously injuring his leg. Police were called to house in Bangor Road just after 4 o'clock… Read more Audio

A year after his career's lowest point, Ford's Scott McLaughlin has claimed his maiden Supercars championship title. Audio

Investor confidence improves from a two year low, but investment property support dips to a four year low. Rest home operators forced to raise wages to stem loss of staff after nurses' pay settlement… Read more Audio

A Canterbury University professor who believes she was burgled, and her car was tampered with, by Chinese spies says the police investigation into her case is complete, but the outcome is in the… Read more Audio

The mayor of Waimate in Canterbury says the area had a lucky escape overnight with the Pareora River holding its banks. Craig Rowley says about 90mm of rain fell in the district overnight with a… Read more Audio