Morning Report

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

NCEA and Scholarship exams are finishing for 2018, ending three-and-a-half weeks of study and stress for 140,000 teenagers. The last exams are level 1 Te Reo Māori, Art History and Classical Studies… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

It's being suggested grants from the government's Provincial Growth Fund might violate world trade rules that block state subsidies for agriculture. Such subsidies were phased out by the fourth Labour… Read more Audio

Secret intelligence reports given to Australian officials outlined a case in which Chinese espionage services used Huawei's staff to get access codes to infiltrate a foreign network. On Wednesday the… Read more Audio

A two-time America's Cup winner is rumoured to be heading a Dutch sailing syndicate's last minute bid to take part in Auckland. Yacht clubs have until the end of the day to apply to take part in 2021… Read more Audio

Twenty trucking companies have been warned they stand to lose their licences to operate, as the country's biggest-ever road safety investigation expands. Twenty-five truck drivers have also been put… Read more Audio

The Tall Blacks coach Paul Henare says their growing depth could throw up some selection dramas at next year's basketball World Cup, but he's happy to have the problem. Audio

Now this next story is likely to get you talking - or perhaps yelling - and that's the news that vocal fry is on the rise in New Zealand. The speech phenomenon - where the voice drops almost to a… Read more Audio

It's being suggested grants from the government's Provinical Growth Fund might violate world trade rules that block state subsidies for agriculture. Such subsidies were phased out by the fourth Labour… Read more Audio

The Czech drug dealer Karel Sroubek, is pleading for what he calls a fair hearing of his case, without the politics. After weeks of controversy the Immigration Minister has overturned his own decision… Read more Audio

Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress in a New York court about a Trump real estate project in Moscow and the extent of the president's involvement in… Read more Audio