Morning Report

A Canterbury University professor who believes she was burgled, and her car was tampered with, by Chinese spies says the police investigation into her case is complete, but the outcome is in the… Read more Audio

The mayor of Waimate in Canterbury says the area had a lucky escape overnight with the Pareora River holding its banks. Craig Rowley says about 90mm of rain fell in the district overnight with a… Read more Audio

A local Darfield resident says it's unsettling that a shooting in the community has left a man dead and a police officer in hospital. The police received reports that a man had threatened a family… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

New Zealand women fleeing domestic violence in Australia are being forced back across the ditch under an international child abduction agreement. The Hague Convention was created in 1980 to force the… Read more Audio

An early look at the day's business news, and a catch up on global financial markets.  Audio

European leaders meeting in Brussels last night endorsed the deal for Britain's departure from the European Union next year. After 20 months of negotiations, the 27 leaders took less than an hour to… Read more Audio

The New Zealand cricketers have finished day 2 of the second Test in Dubai on 24 without loss in reply to Pakistan's first innings of 418 for 5 declared. Audio

Canterbury shooting, police officer injured - latest update, Hague Convention forces abuse survivors back to Australia, Some hospital staff to see pay rise of more than 40 percent, AUS firm's trouble… Read more Audio

It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

Change is already being driven from the ground up, but sports bosses believe it will be more women in leadership who'll ultimately champion equality in sport. That's one of the big changes the… Read more Video, Audio

City Rail Link boss Sean Sweeney tells Guyon Espiner that RCR (Infrastructure) NZ, the engineering firm that won the bid to build a major part of Auckland’s City Rail Link, is unaffected by its parent… Read more Audio