Morning Report

Former Wallabies first-five Quade Cooper has signed a one-year deal to play with Super Rugby's Melbourne Rebels next season, ending a period of internal exile in Queensland. Audio

More woes for Simon Bridges as the Jami-Lee Ross saga hits the polls - we will hear from the National leader this hour, Turkey's President calls the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi a savage and… Read more Audio

A skydiver set a New Zealand record at the weekend. Wendy Smith jumped from 25,000 feet, before landing at Motueka Airport. She talks to Guyon Espiner. Audio

Australia's coalition government has lost its one-seat majority after this weekend's by-election. The independent Kerryn Phelps has won what she calls a 'David and Goliath struggle' in Wentworth… Read more Audio

Auckland Council's development arm has fallen way behind with its financial targets, continuing a trend of significant under-spending. Panuku spent just 27 percent of its budget in the year to June… Read more Audio

The Wellington iwi leader Sir Ngātata Love has died, aged 81. He lead Te Puni Kōkiri, the Ministry of Māori Development, and was an Emeritus Professor at both Massey University and Victoria University… Read more Audio

The coalition government has now been in power for almost a year. And while there's been ups and downs.....we wanted to know how people are feeling about the new government, and how their lives have… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

A predator priest sent from New Zealand to Britain was free to keep preying on children for two more decades because of failings by the Catholic Church. Last month RNZ revealed the crimes, including… Read more Audio

A sexual abuse survivor says the Australian Government can't fix everything that's happened to sexual abuse survivors with an apology. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has given a national… Read more Audio

A charity that raises awareness for soldiers with Post Traumatic Stress Injury is hoping that His Royal Highness Prince Harry will accept their invitation to be patron of a special event in January… Read more Audio

Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross has been reportedly picked up by police at the weekend and taken to Middlemore Hospital for mental health treatment. It is expected that he will be there for at least some… Read more Audio