Morning Report

Members of the embattled Waikato District Health Board and others say the chair, Bob Simcock, has made the right decision by resigning. Mr Simcock insists he's done nothing wrong but says stepping… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The Energy Minister, Megan Woods, is putting the oil industry on notice that she's looking at action to rein in petrol prices. She's received a report from officials on petrol pricing and says she… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Waikato DHB chair resigns over CEO controversy; Analysts expect RBNZ to signal LVR unwind; NZer's death is Aus detention sparks findings of drug use; Deputy PM seeks money from journos over… Read more Audio

A new law journal is hoping to bridge the gender divide in our country's legal system. Te Aho Kawe Kaupapa Ture a nga Wahine is the first academic publication in New Zealand solely dedicated to… Read more Audio

Rising sea levels are bringing new worries about a nuclear waste dump in the Marshall Islands, about 5000km north of New Zealand. In the late 1970s, Runit Island, on the remote Enewetak Atoll, was the… Read more Audio

One of the government's top scientists is being blasted by conservationists for talking up the environmental benefits of irrigation. The chief scientist at the Environmental Protection Authority… Read more Audio

Wellingtonians are being urged to conserve water after a recent dry spell caught the city's water supply management team off guard. Residents have been told they can water their gardens only every… Read more Audio

David Rothery is a Professor of Planetary Geosciences at The Open University he says The volcano Agung might at last be delivering the large eruption that has been feared for several weeks. Audio

John Tamihere is the chief executive of Te Whānau O Waipareira and a former member of the Independent Māori Statutory Board. He joins us with his reaction to the results of the Auckland Council… Read more Audio