Morning Report

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says "we have a window, let's use it," in announcing an $886 million M bovis eradication plan. "We have some views," as to how M bovis got into NZ, she tells Guyon… Read more Audio

The Government says it will cost almost one billion dollars to eradicate mycoplasma bovis. And yet there is no guarantee the plan will succeed. Peter Fraser is an agricultural economist who questions… Read more Audio

The government admits its plan to wipe out the cattle disease mycoplasma bovis is a near billion dollar gamble. The Agriculture Minister, Damien O'Connor, says the plan may not work, but there's no… Read more Audio

Lucky loser Marco Trungelliti had to ask his 89-year-old grandmother to get out of the shower so they could start a 10-hour drive to Paris that ended with a $132,000 pay day at the French tennis Open.

Competition could be hotting up for Aucklanders household rubbish, as commercial collectors jockey for a bigger role in the council's waste management plans. The lobbying is fiercest in the largely… Read more Audio

Questions are being asked about how a Palmerston North teenager on bail for serious driving charges ended up at the wheel of a stolen car. The 15-year-old crashed while being chased by police early… Read more Audio

The long awaited decision on what to do about Mycoplasma bovis came yesterday - and the answer was staged eradication.  

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A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

We love the food - but New Zealanders appear to know very little else about Asia. The latest study from the Asia New Zealand Foundation found only one in six scored more than half right in a general… Read more Audio

Former champion Stan Wawrinka and two-time grand slam winner Victoria Azarenka have both been beaten in the first round of the French Open in Paris. Audio

It is being labelled a billion dollar gamble - and some are worrying the mycoplasma bovis decision will gamble with farmers' well being too, Health bosses are optimistic their latest pay offer will… Read more Audio