Morning Report

Iraqis living in Wellington are happy to hear the Government there has defeated Islamic State - but say it will take a long time for the country to recover. Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi… Read more Audio

Australia's relationship with China has become more fraught after Chinese officials took issue with comments made by the Australian Prime Minister about Chinese influence in domestic politics across… Read more Audio

The new competitive system for contracting out public transport services appears to have hit speed wobbles in Auckland, with one operator trying to relinquish recently won routes. Pavlovich Coachlines… Read more Audio

Some of the families of the 115 people who dies in the CTV building during the 2011 Canterbury earthquake protested in Latimer Square yesterday over the police decision not to prosecute the designers… Read more Audio

The first RNZ Poll of Polls since the election shows voters are not flocking to the governing Labour Party, but the numbers for the three parties which formed the government are holding up well… Read more Audio

The National Party is shrugging off warnings it does not have the allies it needs to help it get back into government after the 2020 election. Both the Maori Party and United Future lost their seats… Read more Audio

Prominent New Zealand scientists are warning the government research funding agency Callaghan Innovation isn't working. The agency, named in memory of Sir Paul Callaghan, was created to strengthen the… Read more Audio

Higher speed limits of 110km/h are now in effect on two major North Island roads. The two roads - the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road on State Highway 2 and the Cambridge section of the Waikato… Read more Audio

Southern California's wildfires have raged their way into their second week, with authorities warning the fires could still continue spreading. The flames have burned through 80,000ha since last week… Read more Audio