Morning Report

Twenty families in Tolaga Bay on the East Coast have spent the night with friends and neighbours after being forced to evacuate their homes because of flooding. And another major band of rain is… Read more Audio

Rain lashed many parts of the Upper North Island over the weekend.

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A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The chair of a kura kaupapa collective say she's frustrated that most of the new funding to lift Māori achievement will be spent on mainstream teachers. Education received $1.3 billion in the Budget… Read more Audio

Twenty families in Tolaga Bay on the East Coast have spent the night with friends and neighbours after being forced to evacuate their homes because of flooding. Torrential rain early on Monday morning… Read more Audio

The American tennis player Serena Williams withdrew from the French Open, shortly before she was due on court to face Maria Sharapova in a much-anticipated fourth round showdown. Audio

East Coast braces for more after rain batters region; Weather: Heavy rain, snow coming - Niwa; Law change failing to rein in loan sharks; Honour brings surprise, tears, pride for Dame Catherine Healy… Read more Audio

It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

Mexico, Canada and the European Union have been slapped with tariffs on aluminum and steel they export to the United States. The final go-ahead was announced just a few hours ago and ends a two-month… Read more Audio

Three amputations a day. That's the shocking frequency of operations happening in Fiji's major hospitals at the moment as the result of the country's high rate of diabetes. In fact, the latest latest… Read more Audio

The ministry in charge of construction standards has launched a review of building product quality controls - two years after its previous review resulted in no action whatsoever. That previous review… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio