Morning Report

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

An Australian detainee, who has never lived in New Zealand and has an Aboriginal mother, is vowing to resist deportation here saying he cannot take his Aboriginal children away from their ancestral… Read more Audio

Thousands of New Zealanders gathered at vigils around the country on Wednesday night to remember Grace Millane. The body of the British backpacker was found in bushland in the Waitakere Ranges on… Read more Audio

The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, is fighting for her political life. Forty-eight of her Conservative Party colleagues have triggered a vote on whether to remove her as leader. Mrs May has… Read more Audio

The father of Emily Longley - the young New Zealander who was murdered in Britain in 2011 - was among the speakers at the Auckland vigil for Grace Millane and other victims of violence last night… Read more Audio

Team Wellington are 20 minutes away from making a roaring start to football's FIFA club world cup in the United Arab Emirates. Audio

Union takes offer to Air NZ engineers, strike notice withdrawn, MPs vote on Theresa May's leadership as Brexit looms, Aboriginal man heads to court to fight deportation to NZ, Trump's former lawyer… Read more Audio

Engineers working for Air New Zealand have voted to strike for three days before Christmas over ongoing pay and working conditions disputes. E Tū union organiser Savage tells Susie Ferguson it's not… Read more Audio

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Britain can cancel Brexit without the consent of the other EU member states. The judges say a country is free to change its mind until the withdrawal… Read more Audio

Towns around New Zealand are struggling to cope with growing drug problems, a lack of mental health services and a severe housing shortage. That's the message six communities want to give the the… Read more Audio