Morning Report

The government wants to know how much research money is going to women and Māori scientists. It says that's the first step in lifting participation and increasing diversity in the sector. The Ministry… Read more Audio

A lawyer for a prison guard says when inmates attacked his client it triggered flashbacks to another time prisoners assaulted him. Viju Devassy has been charged with attempting to pervert the course… Read more Audio

A US man forcibly separated by the Catholic Church from his parents as a toddler has, seven decades later, finally learned the truth about his father - by exhuming his body. Jim Graham of Seneca… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Staff from Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao at the University of Waikato are challenging broadcasters to stop butchering te reo Māori. Members of the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies want the… Read more Audio

It's a big weekend for the Warriors rugby league club. Not only is the men's team playing in their first finals series since 2011 but the club's women's side will be become part of rugby league… Read more Audio

A New Zealand couple caught up in a corruption scandal in Western Australia met while working at the Hutt City Council. The Australian Corruption and Crime Commission has described the behaviour of… Read more Audio

British officials faced their Russian counterparts at a UN Security Council special meeting called overnight to discuss the Salisbury novichok attack. Back in March ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his… Read more Audio

The average price of fuel has reached a record 30-year high, and will climb further in October with a new national fuel tax. 91 Octane nationwide is now more than $2.30 a litre, but in Waiheke and… Read more Audio

Despite never having beaten the All Blacks in 25 tests, its Argentina who are feeling the pressure ahead of tomorrow night's test in Nelson. Audio

Ngaruahine iwi members gathered at a dawn ceremony near Kapuni in Taranaki this morning to remember the 150th anniversary of the battle of Te Ngutu o Te Manu. It was here that Maori under the command… Read more Audio

Hard on the heels of a pay deal for nurses, there are worries about a looming exodus of nurses. A month ago nurses voted to accept a $520-million pay deal with their employers, ending strike action… Read more Audio