Morning Report

The Hockey Players Association say they want to read the full version of Hockey New Zealand's review rather than the condensed version released yesterday to ensure trust between the organisation and… Read more Audio

A caregiver in Porirua is urging Oranga Tamariki to give more support to local families before taking their children. Figures obtained by RNZ show 68 children were removed from their parents in… Read more Audio

Biosecurity staff investigating the Queensland fruitfly found in Auckland are hunting through 3,000 tonnes of produce for signs of a breeding population. A third male fruitfly was found in Northcote… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

A parent whose son went to the Wellington Music Centre is unsettled at the lack of communication about how it was failing to vet tutors. The centre has suspended its lessons after admitting it had not… Read more Audio

Hockey New Zealand are defending their decision to provide players with limited access to the report of a review into the Black Sticks women's team environment. Audio

A Whangarei teacher's husband is banned from entering New Zealand because he has MS, Fruit and vegetable restrictions are set to be lifted in Devonport if no more fruitflies are found, DOC was warned… Read more Audio

A new study on the largest birds of prey that ever lived in New Zealand traces them back to Australia. The giant Haast eagle, which used to prey on Moa, shares a common ancestor with a tiny Australian… Read more Audio

Scientists studying fairy terns at Mangawhai now suspect the bird's decline may be linked to the removal of mangroves in the harbour. The critically endangered birds have had a disastrous breeding… Read more Audio

Wellington Zoo says it tried everything possible to save its four baboons after their social structure descended into chaos, but the only solution was to euthanise them. It says the baboons were… Read more Audio