Morning Report

It's back to the drawing board for the government's plans to whack a tax on bottled water exports after revelations it would breach some free trade deals. National says it's another embarassment for… Read more Audio

The end of this year's NCEA and Scholarship exams is in sight with the final nine exams scheduled to take place today. The annual exam season began three-and-a-half weeks ago and it's been relatively… Read more Audio

A prominent New Zealand scientist says kauri are heading for extinction because of public stupidity. Dr Peter de Lange a principal research scientist with the Department for Conservation for many… Read more Audio

With the US dealing with a North Korean ballistic missile test and deteriorating relations with the UK over President Trump's retweeting of far right anti-Muslim videos, it's now being reported the US… Read more Audio

Justice Minister Andrew Little said on Thursday that "everybody involved in this has walked away scot-free. And that's not right." Nigel Hampton QC, who was counsel for the families at the Royal… Read more Audio

There's been widespread dismay at the decision not to prosecute anyone for the deaths of 115 people in the CTV building collapse during the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. Police say it was a tough… Read more Audio

A distinguished NZ scientist is warning that kauri are heading for extinction because of public apathy and stupidity. Professor Peter de Lange was for 27 years a principal research scientist with DoC… Read more Audio

Today's planned strike by Wellington train workers may be off but is strike action looming in Auckland? Late on Thursday the Wellington union achieved a breakthrough when rail company, Transdev said… Read more Audio

The industry body for engineers says they've put new measures in place since the CTV building collapse to ensure dodgy engineering is reported. Yesterday, after a three-year investigation, police said… Read more Audio