Morning Report

Ahead of celebrations to mark Captain Cook's arrival in New Zealand, a Gisborne iwi is demanding an apology for the atrocities he brought upon their people. The English explorer landed on the shores… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

A Lion Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month, killing all 189 people on board, was not airworthy and should have been grounded. Those findings come from Indonesian investigators who have… Read more Audio

A bill has passed that will help customers figure out if your bacon is from Carterton or Copenhagen. The consumer's right to know bill means some items in the chiller and on supermarket shelves will… Read more Audio

The use of a Māori karakia in a Korean pop song has ramped up calls for the government to step up and protect Māori intellectual property. Some say that cultural appropriation of Māoritanga is getting… Read more Audio

The Minister responsible for the GCSB is insisting the decision to ban the tech giant Huawei from Spark's 5G rollout is because of the technology not because the company is Chinese. The electronic spy… Read more Audio

The New Zealand under-17 womens football team must continue their giant killing run if they're to make more history at the World Cup in Uruguay. Audio

The government acknowledges the severity of damage from climate change on property and infrastructure is increasing but says it needs time to get the solution right. The Reserve Bank is warning about… Read more Audio

A Northland doctor says he's heard from dozens of anxious parents willing to pay $138 for them to be vaccinated against a deadly strain of meningococcal disease. A free immunisation programme against… Read more Audio

A man adopted as an eight-year-old in Queensland, and whose passport says he is Australian, is being threatened with deportation to New Zealand because of minor convictions. Australian authorities say… Read more Audio

The Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway has done a u-turn on convicted drug smuggler Karel Sroubek. He's now decided Sroubek will leave New Zealand when his prison sentence ends and won't be… Read more Audio

Auckland Council has put up a list of over 100 parks where people will be allowed to sleep in their vehicles without having to pay. But some locals whose properties border the free "campsites" aren't… Read more Audio