Morning Report

The Qualifications Authority is cracking down on tertiary institutions that cram a week's teaching of foreign students into two or three days a week. The authority says the practice is inappropriate… Read more Audio

One of Labour's election promises was to cut the number of new immigrants by up to 30,000 a year by tightening rules around student and work visas. The Minister of Immigration now plans to crack down… Read more Audio

Russian President Vladamir Putin has met overnight with the leaders of Iran and Turkey to discuss Syria's future. It comes after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made an unannounced visit to Russia to… Read more Audio

Auckland Council is set to pick its preferred site for the 2021 America's Cup base on the city's waterfront. Officials who've been looking at options ranging in cost - from $120 million to $59 million… Read more Audio

Zimbabwe's former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to officially be sworn in as new President on Saturday. Zimbabwe human rights lawyer and activist Doug Coltart joins us to discuss what… Read more Audio

Legal history will be made if the police can successfully argue the serial rapist Malcolm Rewa should be put on trial for a third time for the murder of Susan Burdett in 1992. Teina Pora was also… Read more Audio

A New Zealand woman jailed in Australia six years ago for killing her abusive husband is fighting a deportation order so she can stay in Melbourne. Eileen Creamer was the first woman convicted of… Read more Audio

A Hamilton city councillor says there's a 'culture' at the council that's not been dealt with despite complaints being made throughout the year. Councillor Mark Bunting faces a formal hearing on… Read more Audio

There's been a lot of news about Aucklanders and their rates bills. But while they pay about $2,500 for a million dollar home, around the rest of the country owners of properties a fraction of the… Read more Audio