Morning Report

A family's 40 year-long campaign to have the diary of a First World War veteran returned has come to an end. Hartley Valentine Palmer is one of three Gallipoli veterans whose diaries returned to New… Read more Audio

A woman denied a post-study work visa says she's baffled by the Immigration's decision not to let her stay in the country. Shyamal Patel completed a Masters in International Studies, specialising in… Read more Audio

An energy professor says Kiwirail needs to electrify the whole of the North Island's main trunkline and expand into the South Island as well. The government has announced it plans to spend $35 million… Read more Audio

The Jewish refugee agency targeted by US gunman Robert Bowers says they will not be deterred from continuing their work. No members of the agency were at the synagogue at the time but Bowers had… Read more Audio

The 6.2 magnitude earthquake that hit the central North Island on Tuesday afternoon was apparently felt by an estimated 15,000 people across New Zealand. GNS Science says it struck about 25 kilometres… Read more Audio

Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson says they're facing one of the biggest challengers in cricket when they take on Pakistan in a T20 series starting tomorrow morning. Audio

The stock exchange has a spring makeover and looks for more retail investors. Company directors face issues of diversity and cyber security. Ratings agency S&P ups its outlook fort NZ banks. The… Read more Audio

The royals visit to Auckland on Tuesday was marked by a visit to children of prisoners, a walkabout on the waterfront and a rain-soaked gumboot throwing competition. Hundreds turned out to catch a… Read more Video, Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The lawyer for a man who was driving a ute that crashed and killed a teenage passenger says it's been a horrible ordeal for all involved. Robbie Cederwall - who was 17 - was seriously injured after… Read more Audio

Yesterday's 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the central North Island didn't stop Wellington shoppers flocking to Queensgate Mall in Lower Hutt. The quake struck at about 3:15pm, at a depth of more than… Read more Audio