Morning Report

It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

A mother of three who recently gave birth to her third child will be among the two thousand people competing in the Iron Māori event this weekend. Audio

Too much, too little, or coming in where it's not welcome -- water is the number one issue keeping the country's local councils awake at night. With much of the country's flood protection… Read more Audio

Wellington's annual Guy Fawkes fireworks display tomorrow night will be the final one for the city. The council's put on the show for the past 22 years, but from next year, the sky will be lit up at… Read more Audio

A 62-year-old machine operator in Auckland is now getting back surgery through the public health system after RNZ News asked questions about his treatment. Audio

Councils could be forced to dump recycling into landfills when it can no longer be sent to China. From next year, China will stop taking certain waste products, saying contaminants mixed in with the… Read more Audio

Refugees on Manus Island are begging Jacinda Ardern to allow them to come to New Zealand. The Prime Minister is set to meet her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney on Sunday and the… Read more Audio

Back now to our lead story, increasing tensions in south Auckland between Samoans and Tongan communties. Two hundred people were involved in a brawl in a carpark in Otara last night. Police… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

First-five Beauden Barrett will captain the All Blacks for the first time, while three players are set to make non-test debuts in Sunday morning's match against the Barbarians at Twickenham. The… Read more Audio

The National Party is flexing its muscles and promising to do it all it can to make life tough for the new government. Bill English unveiled his new opposition lineup at Parliament yesterday as his… Read more Audio