Morning Report

A long-time politics professor says National has taken the practice of bombarding the government with written parliamentary questions to a new level. Over the past year National MPs have written more… Read more Audio

Taupo's mayor says businesses lost at least a million dollars as a result of yesterday's power cut, which left the popular tourist centre a ghost town. About 16,500 customers lost power for most of… Read more Audio

Children with severe and often extremely painful teeth problems are having to wait months for treatment, The battle of police uniforms at next year's Pride Parade in Auckland continues - with board… Read more Audio

A proposal to slash local journalists in Auckland has some people worrying their communities will fall off the news radar - and make their leaders unaccountable. Stuff owns 13 community papers - the… Read more Audio

There's been an unprecedented failure to reach a consensus at the APEC leaders meeting in Port Moresby. For the first time in twenty-five years, they have failed to release a joint communique at the… Read more Audio

QC Nigel Hampton has acted as the lawyer for the Pike River families. He tells us it's not a particular government that should apologise for all the issues around the Pike River Mine disaster. He says… Read more Audio

More now on Andrew Little's call for an official government apology to the Pike River families. Mr Little says the degrading of New Zealand's health and safety law led to workers' rights becoming a… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Farmers and businesses in Central Hawke's Bay could run out of water this summer as parts of the Waipawa and Tukituki Rivers are already bone dry. And they're worried that could send them bust. Audio

Go Bus Hamilton is locking out bus drivers who planned to stop collecting fares from passengers as part of ongoing industrial action. One hundred and twenty drivers voted to stop taking fares in a bid… Read more Audio

Go Bus Hamilton is locking out bus drivers who planned to stop collecting fares from passengers as part of ongoing industrial action. One hundred and twenty drivers voted to stop taking fares in a bid… Read more Audio