Morning Report

The Sensible Sentencing Trust is scrambling to try to undo damage caused by wrongly labelling a man a paedophile on its website. Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says the trust's actions have cost an… Read more Audio

The Free Speech Coalition is criticising an independent review that backs Massey University's decision to cancel an event involving former politician Don Brash earlier this year. The review - by… Read more Audio

New Zealand has been given a snapshot of the true volume of crime in this country in a new Crime and Victims survey. It found 1.8 million offences were committed over the last year, about seven times… Read more Audio

The Black Caps cricket captain Kane Williamson says it's a challenge taking regular wickets on the batsmen friendly New Zealand pitches, but it's something they're familiar with and have no excuses… Read more Audio

A group of keen restorers are fighting to fundraise and rebuild a shipwreck found under the dunes of the Kaipara heads. The ship is a schooner from 1863 called Daring, uncovered after a storm. The… Read more Audio

The Auckland City Mission has had to turn away hundreds of families lining up for Christmas food parcels, as demand outstrips supply. The Mission is in the midst of its Christmas Drive.The chief… Read more Audio

A report by the police watchdog has found Deputy Police Commisisoner Wally Haumaha did belittle and act inappropriately to two women staff members. But the report doesn't find workplace bullying… Read more Audio

National MP Gerry Brownlee says it's a great tragedy that the former chairman of government insurer Southern Response has been treated the way that he has. Ross Butler resigned on Tuesday night after… Read more Audio

With Christmas less than a week away grocery shoppers are being warned not to overfill their trolleys. Many are leaving it to the last minute to do their "big shop". But while that often means… Read more Audio

Nearly 50 people in the past three years have contracted a severe and potentially deadly syndrome linked to a bacteria detected in Canterbury rivers. Fish and Game commissioned independent testing of… Read more Audio

The policing of building safety systems is being cut back nationwide. That's despite the Government knowing that many councils have been doing a poor job of auditing building warrants of fitness. Phil… Read more Audio

President Trump has claimed America has defeated ISIS in Syria and will withdraw the country's two-thousand troops from the embattled nation. Mr Trump promised in March this year that US troops would… Read more Audio