Morning Report

The mother of Sophie Elliott is backing a new law making strangulation a criminal offence and hopes it will save women's lives. The new crime is part of a suite of family violence changes which come… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

An early look at the day's business news and how financial markets will start the week. Audio

A shortage of crane operators means there are cranes sitting idle on construction sites across the country, despite the building boom. The chief executive of the Crane Association, Rod Auton… Read more Audio

Hundreds of sex offenders are being placed in shared prison cells despite warnings that it is dangerous and should be stopped. Figures from Corrections show that in October this year there were 674… Read more Audio

The Wellington Phoenix have been on the receiving end of a bewildering VAR decision that may have cost them all the points in the 1-all draw with A-League leaders Perth. Audio

Top stories this morning: Housing New Zealand begins paying out compensation to state-house tenants who were booted out of their homes. The parents of Sophie Elliott welcome a new law making… Read more Audio

It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

A grassroots Christmas card movement is hoping to send 100,000 handmade cards to people who are alone this holiday season. Hannah Rodgers started Sending Love last year after she and her son Jayden… Read more Audio

It's shaping up to be a big weekend - and a fraught one - as Ngāpuhi people wrestle with a new mandate proposal. There are 22 hui scheduled for hapū to vote on the plan to negotiate their Treaty… Read more Audio

The whitebaiting season finishes on Friday and whitebaiters are worried they could be facing tougher regulations next season. All but one of the five species, whose juveniles make up the whitebait… Read more Video, Audio

A programme run by destiny church called "Man Up" wants the Government to let them mentor prisoners. Man Up is a programme trying to help men get out of the cycle of abuse, and deal with dysfunctional… Read more Audio