Morning Report

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

Seven Members of the British Labour Party have resigned and have formed an independent party. The seven said Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's refusal to back a second Brexit referendum and a rise of… Read more Audio

A nineteen point five million dollar funding package has been announced to find alternatives to the use of 1080 poison. The money comes from the Provincial Growth Fund and will be used by the… Read more Audio

Labour has passed National in the first Colmar Brunton political poll of the year. National's leader, Simon Bridges, has dropped again as preferred Prime Minister, while Jacinda Ardern's popularity… Read more Audio

Auckland Council and the police have come under intense pressure from frustrated residents demanding something is finally done about drunken parties and street racing at a notorious local hang-out… Read more Audio

A local authority has retrospectively stamped a flooding hazard notice on the title of a retirement village complex, despite giving it the go ahead to build an entire new apartment block a year and a… Read more Audio

We return now to our top story - the relationship between China and New Zealand. New Zealand is grappling with whether Huawei poses any security risk to telecommunications systems. Britain is said to… Read more Audio

Fears are being raised that a proposed tax on online companies could backfire and leave New Zealand consumers out in the cold. The Government is preparing to introduce a new tax on multi-national… Read more Audio

In a surprise move, British intelligence appears to be pushing back against US attempts to persuade allies to ban Chinese company Huawei from their high-speed telecommunications systems. The Financial… Read more Audio

Teenage New Zealander Liam Lawson has won a place on the Red Bull Junior programme and will race in the Formula European Masters, the revamped Formula 3 series, this season. Audio