Morning Report

The charity Tearfund has just released its 2018 Ethical Fashion Guide, and this year, it's looked at 407 brands available here and graded them from A-F. Three of the top five companies in the report… Read more Audio

Thousands of firearms have been stolen during the past decade and gun thefts are on the rise. There are more than 240-thousand standard firearms licence holders and only about 260 police officers… Read more Audio

The government's ambition to build up to 1000 new homes this year appear to have the backing of the industry. Registered Master Builders say they can build 1000 additional new homes within a year, and… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage is looking at a court challenge to a peat-mining venture in a Far North wetland. The Northland Regional Council has approved plans by an Auckland company to dig… Read more Audio

The electricity industry wantrs more power to trim trees that threaten power lines following the massive storm in Auckland last week. As many as 180 thousand homes and businesses suffered blackouts… Read more Audio

Christchurch Regeneration Minister Megan Woods says it could take 18 months to decide who is liable for the repairs for 660 home-owners caught in legal limbo. They've bought homes where they thought… Read more Audio

There have been dramatic scenes on board a Southwest Airlines flight in the United States. The Boeing 737 on a flight between New York and Dallas with 143 passengers and five crew on board - was… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Singer-songwriter Aldous Harding has taken out one of New Zealand's prestigious music awards - the Taite Music Prize - for her album Party. Named after the late music journalist Dylan Taite, the award… Read more Audio