Morning Report

Beef + Lamb New Zealand is pushing back against the Productivity Commission's description of sheep and beef farming as "marginal". The Commission says New Zealand needs to change the way it farms if… Read more Video, Audio

Universities are blocking the publication of survey results that rate the usefulness of hundreds of their courses. The eight universities say there is a high risk results from the Tertiary Education… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

We talked earlier on Morning Report to Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier about his call for urgent action at Whanganui Prison to tackle inmate violence and intimidation. The Ombudsman's report found that… Read more Audio

Jacinda Ardern has arrived for the leader's retreat at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru where she's expected to ask for details about the detention of TVNZ journalist, Barbara Dreaver. Ms Dreaver… Read more Audio

Race-fixing claims have rocked the harness racing industry. Yesterday Police raided stables at 10 properties from Invercargill to Manawatu and warned. Some industry players are calling the… Read more Audio

Warring parents who've wrestled with the family court system have two months to have their say on how to improve it. The independent panel charged with improving family court wants to hear from anyone… Read more Audio

A couple of bonus seconds has helped the New Zealand cyclist Patrick Bevan into the tour leaders green jersey on the Tour of Britain. Audio

The White House chief of staff John Kelly repeatedly told aides President Trump was an idiot and they were all living in "Crazytown", according to a new book by veteran reporter Bob Woodward. It's… Read more Audio

Ticket holders who showed up to Nigel Farage's speech in Auckland last night were met by screaming protesters. The former Ukip leader spoke at Auckland's Pullman Hotel as part of a week-long visit to… Read more Audio

The man who hired the Waitangi Trust's financial manager had known the fraudster for 14 years and thought he was least corruptable person you could ever meet. Greg McManus is the chief executive of… Read more Audio

Shark Diving has been ruled an offence ending a long stoush between paua divers and tourism operaters on Stewart Island. Shark sightings used to be a rarity around the island but local fishermen… Read more Audio