Morning Report

The Malaysian owner of a forestry company blamed for tonnes of debris washing up in Tolaga Bay has been fined twice for illegal logging overseas, but it took the Overseas Investment Office nine years… 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 action on global markets. Audio

The grass-roots model an Auckland Marae developed to house hundreds of homeless people is being touted as a viable way to deal with urban homelessness. For the past year, Te Puea Marae has worked with… Read more Audio

Northland women celebrating Suffrage Day have been urged to complain to the Minister of Justice about the sentence given to an Auckland businessman for child sex abuse. Martin Lawes, 75, paid parents… Read more Audio

Consumer confidence has fallen and that's not surprise to retailers. The Westpac McDermott Miller survey for consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest level in six years. More consumers than ever… Read more Audio

The New Zealand footballers have qualified for next year's U-17 men's World Cup in Peru, with a 4-1 win over Tahiti in the semi-finals of the Oceania U-16 Championship in Solomon Islands. Audio

Tolaga Bay forestry company's illegal logging history revealed; Woman turns evidence on "parasite" scammers; Jan Thomas' emails on Don Brash 'really concerning'; What are you spending on? Aucklanders… Read more Audio

To end Morning Report on Suffrage Day, RNZ reporter Anneke Smith talked to some of the women attending the early morning event in Auckland to mark the day. She asked a few why they were up early to… Read more Audio

More on the 125th anniversary of women winning the right to vote. The house of Kate Sheppard, the mother of New Zealand's suffrage movement, is up for sale. Her Christchurch home was Operation… Read more Audio

Christchurch businesses' efforts to battle back from the quakes will be recognised at the city's annual business awards tonight. Although the rebuild is ongoing, businesses say the disasters have made… Read more Audio

Aid agency World Vision has uncovered horrific stories of child soldiers forced to fight in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Children as young as five have joined armed militias engaged in a conflict… Read more Audio