Morning Report

Access to Cape Kidnappers beach in Hawke's Bay is closed after two walkers were injured - one critically - by rockfall that swept them off the beach and into the sea on Wednesday afternoon. The couple… Read more Audio

Rafael Nadal has secured a spot in the Australian Open semi-finals, with a crushing defeat over Frances Tiafoe of the United States. Nadal is yet to lose a set in the tournament and he will face… Read more Audio

There are currently more than fifty abandoned boats in Auckland Harbour, with at least one pulled from the water every week. The boats are often left by their owners if they can no longer pay mooring… Read more Audio

Poaching of rugby players by secondary schools has led to fewer school pupils playing the game. That's the finding of a New Zealand Rugby report commissioned after eleven schools in Auckland refused… Read more Audio

The World Economic Forum in Davos is as notable for who isn't there as who is. Domestic political crises have kept a number of world leaders at home including US President Donald Trump, British Prime… Read more Audio

Susie Ferguson talks to Dan Johnson in Los Angeles as the 2019 Oscars gets underway. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The Green Party says it is looking forward to finding out exactly what the National Party's views are on drug law reform. National has for the first time appointed a spokesperson on drug reform - the… Read more Audio

The head of the Family Law section of the Law Society says changes to the Family Court - like wider access to counseling - are a good start. The proposed changes would effectively undo reforms to the… Read more Audio

A 72-year-old man says the people who conned him out of more than $200,000 in retirement savings are "scum". The man - who spoke to RNZ on the condition that he would remain anonymous - says he was… Read more Audio