Morning Report

The government has announced it will extend its military presence in Iraq until June 2019, despite Labour, New Zealand First and the Greens all having been highly critical of the deployment in the… Read more Audio

The Tall Blacks coach Paul Henare has launched a scathing attack on the sports governing body FIBA's scheduling. Audio

The kea - a famously mischievous native bird - has figured out how to use tools, the first case of non-human tool use recorded in New Zealand. Researchers have found that kea in the South Island's… Read more Audio

Scott Dixon made history on Monday, winning the IndyCar championship for the fifth time. He tells Susie Ferguson about how he loves the sport and its competition. Audio

Lawmakers from both sides of the US political divide have called for a delay in the vote on the nominee for the powerful Supreme Court. It follows an allegation of sexual assault in the 1980s against… Read more Audio

The government's junior partner is attacking the decision to stay on in Iraq. The Green Party says the money would be better spent on humanitarian relief and the soldiers should be brought home. Prime… Read more Audio

The Philippines' ambassador, Jesus Domingo, wants New Zealand tertiary institutions to agree to stronger protections for the more than 4-thousand Filipino students in this country after a string of… Read more Audio

The government's junior partner is attacking the decision to stay on in Iraq. The Green Party says the money would be better spent on humanitarian relief and the soldiers should be brought home now… Read more Audio

NZ Police says more Māori are being warned and charged in police pursuits because more are choosing to flee. RNZ revealed yesterday that in the past four years more Māori were warned, charged and… Read more Audio

Hundreds of volunteers fanned out across Auckland last night to undertake the very sensitive task of counting the region's homeless. The census, called Ira Mata, Ira Tangata, is the first of its kind… Read more Audio

The Tall Blacks coach Paul Henare says nightmare scheduling from the sports governing body FIBA meant his side were always going to struggle in last night's narrow win over Lebanon in their World Cup… Read more Audio