Morning Report

The seven survivors of the Kiribati ferry disaster have arrived back on dry land. The Butiraoi vanished after leaving Nonouti on January 18. The survivors were rescued after being spotted by a New… Read more Audio

At this time of year in towns all over the country, groups of new New Zealanders - often older generations - sign up for workshops to find out more about the Treaty of Waitangi. For decades now… Read more Audio

The All Black Sevens bowed out in the quarter finals. Hamilton picked up the New Zealand leg of the world seven series from Wellington, and organisers say sell-out crowds on both days made it a… Read more Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she's had very positive talks in Waitangi but Labour needs to show it can deliver. She says she feels the weight of the expectation. RNZ Maori issues correspondent… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Last week the Taxpayers' Union revealed the government's science funding agency Callaghan Innovation spent more than $300,000 in a year on entertaining clients and staff. Now it says new figures show… Read more Audio

A teenage boy had been clinging to foliage in fast flowing floodwaters in the Waitakere Ranges for up to two hours before he was rescued on Saturday evening. Intensive care paramedic Russell Clark was… Read more Audio

Firefighters on the Chatham Islands have been battling a 3,000 hectare fire which has been burning since Thursday. Principal Rural Fire Officer Craig Cottrill is in charge of the Chatham Islands… Read more Audio

Democrats and Republicans are casting doubt on President Donald Trump's claims that a declassified memo clears him in the Russia inquiry. President Trump tweeted on Sunday that the release of a… Read more Audio

A New Zealand woman is claiming a local Catholic priest is the father of her young daughter. It is one of half a dozen cases in this country just now coming to light. Audio