Morning Report

New Zealand's links in the Pacific could be a trump card in negotiating a deal with China as part of its trillion dollar programme to build infrastructure around the world. It's been more than six… Read more Audio

Scientists are urging Northland landowners with kauri trees on their land to join a growing community action project to save them. Hundreds of Kauri are dead or dying from Waikato to the Far North, as… Read more Audio

As Las Vegas rallies around victims of the country's worst mass shooting, residents and businesses are donating time and resources to help out. Stephen Paddock killed 58 people, and wounded more than… Read more Audio

Northern iwi are welcoming New Zealand First's call to re-establish a Forestry Service saying they see potential for new jobs and an opportunity to take control back of their lands. New Zealand First… Read more Audio

As thousands take to the streets in Barcelona to protest police violence, European leaders have stayed silent as Spain's capital Madrid attempts to rein in Catalan separatists. The Catalan parliament… Read more Audio

Rotorua paediatrician Johan Morreau tells us the time has come for politicians to agree on measures to make sure children are not exposed to danger from dysfunctional families. He gave evidence on… Read more Audio

A New Zealander who faced deportation from Australia has had a rare win through an appeals tribunal, which heard he had never been in jail and threw out claims he had been in a violent gang. The man… Read more Audio