Morning Report

The Defence Force has changed tack just three days after saying it had stopped using potentially damaging firefighting foam for training at all its bases in 2016. It turns out the military did not… Read more Audio

Most international visitors entering New Zealand for less than 12 months will be charged from $25 to $35 from the second half of next year. The details were announced by the Government this morning… Read more Audio

The All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has thrown his weight behind New Zealand's bid to host the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup. Audio

The French team is looking for revenge as the second All Blacks Test against France looms in Wellington. The skull fracture suffered by French winger Remy Grosso in the first Test in Auckland… Read more Audio

The Greens' Eugenie Sage says her hands were tied when she gave approval for a Chinese water bottling company to expand. The Green party has campaigned hard on banning new water bottling consents and… Read more Audio

The government has unveiled its plans to introduce a tourist tax in the second half of 2019. Most international visitors entering New Zealand for less than 12 months will be charged between $25 and… Read more Audio

New York's attorney general is suing the Trump Foundation. She says the foundation engaged in "unlawful political co-ordination" during the 2016 election. President Donald Trump and his children -… Read more Audio

The Ministry for Primary Industries hasn't a single case of a farmer contacting it to say they have traded with a farm whose animals were infected with Mycoplasma bovis. Officials says the lack of… Read more Audio

The Pike River Recovery Agency is confident it will be able to re-enter the mine later this year and within budget. Three options are now on the table. Dave Gawn is the Recovery Agency's chief… Read more Audio

Conflict at Auckland Council is potentially threatening its operation. Two complaints laid by Auckland councillors over the release of reports into the feasibility of a downtown stadium are now being… Read more Audio

The government's top lawyer, Attorney-General David Parker, says Winston Peters' act of suing top public servants and National Party MPs is 'perfectly proper'. Mr Peters is taking the State Services… Read more Audio

Dairy farmers want Shane Jones to butt out of their business, and say Fonterra's problems are theirs to solve. The Regional Development Minister is standing by his statements about the country's… Read more Audio