Morning Report

Expatriate businessman Eric Watson faces a massive tax bill after the High Court rules his restructuring using Caribbean companies was a way to avoid $51m in tax. AMP slims down and reinvents its NZ… Read more Audio

The National Party's been dragged back into last year's Jami-Lee Ross saga with news it is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. Its former MP went to the police last year with claims of… Read more Audio

The biggest player in the insurance market, IAG, is no longer insuring houses for new customers in Wellington. It's already been revealed IAG is no longer offering contents insurance to renters. Now… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

An early look at the day's business news, and a catch up on overnight global market action. Audio

Army captains Laura and Tane North are about to walk from Wellington to Auckland to raise money to treat their disabled son. Three-year-old Elijah is the third of their four children and has a genetic… Read more Audio

U.K Prime Minister Theresa May says if MPs vote down the reconfigured Brexit deal there could be no Brexit at all. Ms May urged MPs to back her "improved deal" and stressed that the British public has… Read more Audio

The Pike River re-entry will begin on May 3, but it's not yet clear if the families of the 29 men who died in the 2010 disaster will be allowed in. The Minister responsible, Andrew Little, says… Read more Audio

Ben Barba will fight to overturn an NRL lifetime ban despite being charged by Queensland police. Audio

The biggest player in the insurance market is walking away from insuring houses in Wellington, Simon Bridges says the party donations under SFO investigation are a matter for the party and not him… Read more Audio

The blackbox has been recovered from the plane crash that killed all 157 people on board in Ethiopia.The Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 crashed shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa on Sunday. Last… Read more Audio

The final sting operation against a giant wasp nest in Rotorua begins today. Estimated to hold around a million German wasps, it's nearly two metres by two metres, and estimated to weigh up to 150… Read more Audio