Morning Report

Housing confidence rebounds from six year low. The challenges of the EU's new privacy rules. The new head of Tiwai Pt  aluminium smelter more confident. Audio

A bar owner in Wellington says the best way for bars to help get rid of sexual assaults in the city - is to arm every member of bar staff with the right training. The council is commiting to stamping… Read more Audio

Children as young as seven are telling social workers they've thought about ending their lives to escape violence at home. Between July 2016 and July 2017 13 children aged between 10 and 14 killed… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The Southern Steel have edged the Northern Mystics 56-52 in a toughly contested NZ Netball Premiership clash in Invercargill. Audio

Domestic violence, youth suicide linked - social workers, Panic on Air NZ flight as plane circles Tauranga for hours, US-Iran: Pompeo threatens 'strongest sanctions in history', NZ teens in Australia… Read more Audio

Nurses who can prescribe medicines and make diagnoses are putting themselves forward as one way to solve a looming lack of doctors in rural areas. More than 40 percent of country doctors are due to… Read more Audio

News the government won't be building a mega-prison is being met with cautious optimism by the criminal justice advocacy group JustSpeak. The previous government had planned to expand Waikeria prison… Read more Audio

There are three newcomers to the All Blacks squad named yesterday, but it's possible that only one of them may get some game time in the three-test series against France next month. Loose forwards… Read more Audio

A community in northern Hawke's Bay is in shock after vandals destroyed 20 or so headstones at a small cemetery. Kaye Wesley posted a Facebook video of her visit to the Raupunga urupa on the weekend… Read more Audio

Former Labour Cabinet Minister John Tamihere says he can't understand how Māori took a back seat in the government's priorities when there are 13 Māori MPs in the government. "The Families package is… Read more Audio