Morning Report

A new study looking at buy-now pay-later payment models has found most consumers don't understand the agreement they've signed up to. Shoppers can buy goods that cost as little as $5 and pay them off… Read more Audio

Immigration authorities say finding foreigners working illegally in the sex industry is almost impossible because they have to catch them in the act. But New Zealand prostitutes, who have been able to… Read more Audio

New Zealand's world No.10 Paul Coll secured a quarter-final berth for the first time in his career at the British Squash Open after defeating Egypt's former World No.1 Karim Abdel Gawad in a tough… Read more Audio

Health, education and housing - the big issues Grant Robertson will tackle today, bureaucrats step in to stop an unemployed man studying at night classes,The US says it remains confident of a summit… Read more Audio

The fight to save the Lumsden Maternity Centre has suffered another setback, with the Minister of Health refusing to meet with the Centre's directors. The rural Southland facility is on the chopping… Read more Audio

Pacific midwives are for hoping better working conditions as the government prepares to announce its health budget this week. The need for more Pacific midwives is acute as they only make up just two… Read more Audio

Early childhood teachers are joining the growing chorus of complaints about not being paid for work. Last week the Employment Court ordered Smiths City to back-pay staff six years' worth of lost wages… Read more Audio

Talks today between North and South Korea have been suspended by Kim Jong-un. North Korea says it has no choice but to suspend the talks due to US-South Korean military exercises. The meeting between… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The number of people asking for help finding a home is skyrocketing, and the Government is under renewed pressure to deliver on its promises to see every New Zealander with a roof over their head… Read more Audio

The Minister of Treaty Negotiations is having to wrestle with the contenious issue of overlapping and competing Treaty claims. A hikoi calling for the Crown to recognise tikanga in the treaty process… Read more Audio

The government is paying some charter schools to close. There are no details yet on how much or how many schools are involved, but some settlements are being made. The payments are part of the… Read more Audio