Morning Report

Students heading to university are among those struggling to find somewhere to live in Wellington. TradeMe's latest figures show the capital has become the country's most expensive city for renters as… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister is backing her Housing Minister, Phil Twyford, despite his admission that the Kiwibuild programme will fall well short of its first-year target of one-thousand homes. Six months… Read more Audio

More than 1500 people have signed up to a new environmental protest group pledging to take extreme action over climate change. In Britain the group Extinction Rebellion has caused widespread… Read more Audio

The car shipping line, Scandinavia's Wallenius Wilhelmsen, is telling the government the biosecurity rules that are meant to keep the mamorated stink bug pest out of New Zealand are ineffective and… Read more Audio

A small south Auckland community is fighting to put itself on the map - literally. Hill Park in Manurewa has been around since at least the sixties but according to offical maps there's no such place… Read more Audio

Christchurch City Council is urgently checking trees around a popular tourist area after falling branches seriously injured a man yesterday. Two limbs snapped off a pin oak on Rolleston Avenue, beside… Read more Audio

It's the annual politicians' pilgrimage to Ratana on Thursday. RNZ political reporter Gia Garrick is among those heading there. She joins Guyon Espiner with analysis. Audio

India comprehensively beat the Black Caps by eight wickets in the opening one day cricket international in Napier last night. New Zealand turned in a poor batting performance to be all out for 157in… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister has taken part in a panel discussion on Mental Health on Thursday morning (NZ time) alongside Prince William at the World Economic Forum in Davos. It's estimated that one in four… Read more Audio

More than 1500 people have signed up to a new envrionmental protest group pledging to take extreme action over climate change. A New Zealand chapter of the UK group Extinction Rebellion was set up two… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister is standing by Housing Minister Phil Twyford. Mr Twyford came under pressure after on Wednesday morning, admitting the KiwiBuild target would not be reached. More than six months… Read more Audio