Morning Report

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The Waipareira Trust's chief executive John Tamihere says a $600,000 dividend paid out to urban Māori authorities by a Whānau Ora commissioning agency is not going into individuals' pockets. The… Read more Audio

Taxpayer and ratepayer contributions to the 2021 America's Cup now total almost $250 million. This after Auckland councillors voted on Thursday to stump up an extra $14.5 million. And earlier in the… Read more Audio

Hundreds of members of the organisation Auckland Pride have voted to keep the board in office, after it faced a no-confidence motion for banning uniformed police at next year's Pride Parade. At a… Read more Audio

A coroner has ruled that a young man under the care of mental health facility the Henry Rongomau Bennett Centre was able to take his own life due to deficiencies in the care he was provided. Nicky… Read more Audio

The Black Caps batting coach Craig McMillan is reluctant to rate Kane Williamson's latest century compared to the rest, but he says it was a special knock as New Zealand took control of the third and… Read more Audio

An errant piece of chewing gum provided the unlikely inspiration for pre-Christmas pampering at St Joseph's Church in New Plymouth on Thursday. A group of volunteers washed hair, painted nails and… Read more Audio

A more targeted approach to cleaning up plastic in the ocean could help to reduce seabird deaths. The idea from a New Zealand researcher comes amidst predictions there will be more plastic than fish… Read more Audio

The Minister of Whānau Ora, Peeni Henare, says he'd be disappointed if a $600,000 dividend paid to the National Urban Māori Authority doesn't get spent on improving services. The Minister has been at… Read more Audio

Accusations have been flying this week that Parliament's Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard, has been showing signs of political preference. The role of the Speaker is supposed to be strictly… Read more Audio

Destiny Church says the Department of Corrections is breaching the Treaty of Waitangi by refusing to let it into prisons. About 2000 people crowded the front lawn of Parliament on Thursday afternoon… Read more Video, Audio

A marketing expert warns selling Tip Top isn't a smart financial move for Fonterra and could see a repeat of the Cadbury factory saga in Dunedin. Fonterra is looking at off-loading the popular… Read more Audio