Morning Report

The government is spending almost $10 million to fix up 66 state houses in the Hutt Valley. Housing New Zealand says it's a pilot programme to find the best way to make its housing warmer and drier… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The National War Memorial carillon has played its first tune in more than three years. It's one of the first crowd funded instruments of its type. Our reporter Katie Doyle went to the Pukeahu National… Read more Audio

A benefit aimed at helping people find private rental homes is proving to be a double-edged sword. Emergency housing providers say a boost to the accommodation supplement last month was not enough to… Read more Audio

The shortcomings of a rushed safety report by Oranga Tamariki about a young girl have been revealed in the Masterton Family Court. A social worker reported to a judge in February the girl was safe… Read more Audio

Airbnb says its hosts are happy to pay the new tax proposed by Auckland Council - but the hosts themselves say it could force some of them out of the sector. This comes after a Deloitte report showed… Read more Audio

A Queenstown councillor says some residents are taking it upon themselves to monitor how long Airbnb guests are staying in neighbouring rentals. Yesterday the economic impact of the online… Read more Audio

A Waikato psychologist says Māori face active resistance to their very presence in the psychology profession. Psychologist Michelle Levy said the profession did not train students to address Māori… Read more Audio

MPs have been told there is no evidence the country's banks are ripping off customers like their Australian counterparts. The Financial Markets Authority and Reserve Bank appeared before a select… Read more Audio

The New Zealand under 20 rugby side leads Japan 38 nil at halftime in their opening world cup match in France. Audio

Recycled materials are being stockpiled around the country while authorities struggle to work out what to do with it all. Last year, China stopped taking 24 different types of waste. A report out… Read more Audio

An Australian immigration lawyer says the locking up of a New Zealand boy in an immigration centre is a new low for his country. The boy, aged under 18, is being held in a detention facility alongside… Read more Audio