Morning Report

"Ka mua, ka muri" is a whakatauki that many will know means "walking backwards into the future" - the idea we should look to the past to inform the future. We started this week talking to Dame Naida… Read more Video, Audio

More political divisions are bubbling up among the government coalition partners over immigration. Families waiting for news on a shelved immigration programme for parents say they fear they, and… Read more Audio

Primary school teachers are at their wits' end when it comes to dealing with violent and disruptive students. They say tough rules for restraining children mean they can't stop pupils throwing chairs… Read more Audio

Cantabrians will get a chance to see the All Blacks play again in the garden city after a new multi-use stadium was given the go-ahead yesterday. The Christchurch City Council has voted to spend… Read more Audio

Winston Peters says he had a lapse of memory and has taken back his claim all NZ First party members had signed a contract that would require them to pay a $300,000 fine if they are expelled or resign… Read more Audio

Downward dog and pigeon pose may be familiar to you, but how about ke raro and kererū? More than 100 people turned out in Wellington for a yoga class with a twist - it was taught entirely in te reo… Read more Audio

Fonterra's top executives say they're confident a wide-ranging review of the cooperative will turn its fortunes around. Fonterra posted a net loss of 196 million dollars yesterday -- down from a… Read more Audio

A ban-1080 protest held on Wednesday took a dark turn when Speaker Trevor Mallard said he had expert advice the native bird carcasses delivered to Parliament's steps by school children appeared to… Read more Audio

A sex abuse victim is calling for a prestigious Catholic school to sack its rector for not removing a teacher who sexually assaulted him decades earlier, when they were both teenagers.

RNZ has heard… Read more Video, Audio

The All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says the selection of two fullbacks in the back three is to combat the expected aerial assault from the Springboks kickers. Audio

Fonterra looks set to slash capital spending to help get books back in order and debt lower. A decade on from the global financial crisis, are we better prepared for the next downturn -- apparently so… Read more Audio

Workers in a Lower Hutt suburb are angry after receiving a positive test for asbestos from dust coating their work vehicles, after a massive industrial blaze. They work down the road from the Chair… Read more Audio