Morning Report

The New Zealand footballers have qualified for next year's U-17 men's World Cup in Peru, with a 4-1 win over Tahiti in the semi-finals of the Oceania U-16 Championship in Solomon Islands. Audio

Tolaga Bay forestry company's illegal logging history revealed; Woman turns evidence on "parasite" scammers; Jan Thomas' emails on Don Brash 'really concerning'; What are you spending on? Aucklanders… Read more Audio

To end Morning Report on Suffrage Day, RNZ reporter Anneke Smith talked to some of the women attending the early morning event in Auckland to mark the day. She asked a few why they were up early to… Read more Audio

More on the 125th anniversary of women winning the right to vote. The house of Kate Sheppard, the mother of New Zealand's suffrage movement, is up for sale. Her Christchurch home was Operation… Read more Audio

Christchurch businesses' efforts to battle back from the quakes will be recognised at the city's annual business awards tonight. Although the rebuild is ongoing, businesses say the disasters have made… Read more Audio

Aid agency World Vision has uncovered horrific stories of child soldiers forced to fight in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Children as young as five have joined armed militias engaged in a conflict… Read more Audio

New netball coach Noeline Taurua will be heaving a sigh of relief after the Silver Ferns secured a solid 61-37 win over South Africa on Wednesday night. It was Taurua's second game at the helm of the… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Union leaders will tell the Greater Wellington Regional Council today the only way to fix the city's shambolic new bus system is by improving pay and conditions for drivers. The new city bus network… Read more Audio

The Catholic Bishop of Christchurch says his diocese should not have given thanks to God for a child molester. Bishop Paul Martin has released a file on the predator priest Cornelius O'Brien to one of… Read more Audio

Patients paying extra to stay on a brand of antidepressants, after experiencing severe side affects from the switch to a generic brand, are now being told the supply will run out next year. Last year… Read more Audio

Today marks 125 years since New Zealand women won the right to vote. Kiwi women have made great strides since that day in 1893 - women have filled the roles of Governor-General, Prime Minister and… Read more Audio