Morning Report

The government is giving landlords until 2024 to make sure properties are insulated and have proper heating. The Real Estate Institute says tenants will end up wearing the cost unless the government… Read more Audio

A day after the Government announced tough new insulation and heating standards for rental homes, new research from the University of Otago says poor housing conditions cost taxpayers more than $145… Read more Audio

In the latest Brexit developments, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn says he will seek a second referendum on what he calls "a damaging Tory Brexit". Susie Ferguson talks to UK correspondent Rob… Read more Audio

New Zealand's Catholic bishops have been left to grapple with just how much more open to be about clerical sex crimes, in the wake of the Pope's abuse summit in Rome. The four-day summit has closed… Read more Audio

People in Porirua want Oranga Tamariki to keep its hands off local children after a sharp rise in children taken into state care. Figures obtained by RNZ show 68 local children were removed from their… Read more Audio

The future of Sir Owen Glenn's 1 million dollar contribution to the New Zealand women's hockey team remains up in the air in light of yesterday's release of the independant review. Audio

The 91st Academy Awards was staged without a host for the first time in thirty years on Monday. The surprise winner was, controversially, Green Book - a fact-based film about the relationship between… Read more Audio

The Ministry for Primary Industries hopes a fine given to a fishing company in Napier sends a clear message to others thinking of flouting the law. Hawkes Bay Seafoods, along with its directors Nino… Read more Audio

US President Donald Trump is on his way to Vietnam to meet the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a second summit. Mr Jong Un is travelling to Hanoi by rail from Pyongyang. Mr Trump tweeted that with… Read more Audio

Junior doctors are walking off the job in public hospitals again, for a fourth two-day strike. They're members of the Resident Doctors Union, or RDA, which is refusing to agree to proposed changes to… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister appears to be preparing the way for compromises on a Capital Gains Tax in negotiations with key player, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. At her post-Cabinet press conference… Read more Audio