Morning Report

About 29,000 primary and intermediate teachers and principals are walking off the job on Wednesday, a terrorist attack is suspected as a car swerves into pedestrians outside the British Parliament… Read more Audio

The unmistakeable voice of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. A close friend of the 76-year-old singer said this morning she's gravely ill in her hometown of Detroit and surrounded by family, who are… Read more Audio

Fiji's government is remaining tight-lipped regarding its involvement with a South Korean church whose leader has been arrested for enslavement. Korean authorities say 400 members of the Grace Road… Read more Audio

The South Korean government says a summit between President Moon Jae-in and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, will be held in Pyongyang in September. It will be the third meeting between the two… Read more Audio

Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage is gunning for a publicly funded hunters organisation that was set up under the previous government. The Game Animal Council is a statutory body established in 2013… Read more Audio

By this time next year, single-use plastic shopping bags will be consigned to the rubbish bin of history. The government announced on Friday it will be working alongside supermarkets and other… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The Turkish currency is collapsing - down 20 percent in just a week in the midst of a diplomatic spat with the United States. Last week President Trump doubled tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminium… Read more Audio

Property management company Quinovic has distanced itself from a social media campaign that suggested tenants weren't paying enough rent. The campaign, set up by the Te Aro franchise in Wellington… Read more Audio

A Tauranga man is calling on the Waitangi Tribunal to strip Labour MP Andrew Little of his role as Treaty Minister. It comes as claims mount before the tribunal against the Pare Hauraki Collective… Read more Audio

A South Canterbury farmer says roads in his district have become impassable due to the poor job the council is doing maintaining them. Rural roads are deteriorating at a faster rate thanks to the… Read more Audio

A Masterton transport firm says a new safety alert that's put half its fleet of 12 trucks off the road is costing it $10,000 a day in lost revenue. The Transport Agency's warning about towing… Read more Audio