Morning Report

Demand from foreigners means New Zealanders are missing out on dialysis treatment, the Hawke's Bay Regional Council faces court action over farming pollution , and Washington DC is bracing for a white… Read more Audio

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

A new invention that uses swimming pool noodles, PVC piping and some mesh could help eradicate wild turtles in Northland waterways. The Tricky Turtle Trap is a device designed to trap turtles that are… Read more Audio

For the first time in netball franchise history, the Te Wananga o Raukawa Pulse will host the final of the ANZ Premiership in Palmerston North this Sunday. The Pulse face the defending champions, the… Read more Audio

Local manuka honey producers say having to prove their product is the real thing could help stop New Zealand honey consumers getting an inferior product. Honey producers are being asked by the… Read more Audio

Protestors with a loud hailer heckled Don Brash off stage at an University of Auckland debate on free speech on Thursday night. The former National Party leader was then persuaded back on stage by… Read more Audio

Timaru artist and conservationist John Overton says he's already had several expressions of interest into his plan to crowdfund the purchase of the Lilydale High Country Station in Canterbury. The… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Tough new censorship laws are being investigated as a way to stop our children from accessing pornography. The United Kingdom is bringing in age restrictions and blocking websites which don't comply… Read more Audio

Downer New Zealand and Wellington Hospitality Group are putting their hands up and saying yes to a new scheme aimed at getting more young beneficiaries into the workforce. Yesterday the government… Read more Audio

Kaiapoi, just north of Christchurch, has unveiled a bold new plan for the parts of the town wiped off the map in the Canterbury earthquakes. The plan proposes having house boats on the river that runs… Read more Audio

Victims advocate Louise Nicholas says other women complained to her about being bullied by deputy police commissioner Wally Haumaha even before his controversial promotion. In Parliament on Thursday… Read more Audio