Morning Report

A long-time sufferer of chronic pain says she relies on cannabis, but the Government still won't let her use it legally. The Health Minister David Clark's extending his medicinal cannabis legislation… Read more Audio

The Tall Blacks can clinch their place at next year's basketball World Cup this weekend following a 95-69 win over Jordan in Christchurch last night. Audio

Twenty trucking firms face being shut down over safety failures. The Health Minister wants to let more people use medicinal cannabis, some say he should go further and* Huawei says it hasn't been told… Read more Audio

While fires and flooding ravage Australia, across the ditch New Zealand's summer is looking comparatively average.

The meteorological institute has issued its December to February seasonal climate… Read more Audio

Plans for a cycleway and a seawall in Kaikōura have been scrapped to preserve the Mangamaunu Bay surfbreak - dubbed the Malibu of New Zealand. The Surfbreak Protection Society took legal action which… Read more Audio

The Netherlands' state-run rail company has agreed to pay compensation to Holocaust survivors and their relatives for transporting Jews to a Nazi transit camp. More than 100,000 Jews were taken to the… Read more Audio

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