Morning Report

In Brussels, the European Union's chief Brexit negotiator says he won't be able to ask Europe's leaders to move on to the next stage of talks, because of a lack of progress. The fifth round of… Read more Audio

An Australian immigration professor says Canberra may be moving into a second phase of its immigration crackdown. Lawyers and community groups in Queensland say many more visas are now being cancelled… Read more Audio

A update from the team at RNZ sport. Audio

The talks are over, the horse-trading's done and now we await a decision from New Zealand First on who will lead the next government. Overnight Belgium has been observing the 100-year anniversary of… Read more Audio

A Pukekohe weaving tutor is encouraging her Pakeha students to ensure weaving skills are kept alive. Emily Whyte of Whariki o Te Ao has been teaching people how to make traditional Maori cloaks or… Read more Audio

The Australian government has been told it should feel ashamed of its offer to transfer refugees detained on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island to its other detention centre on Nauru. With the Manus… Read more Audio

Salvation Army Lieutenant Steve Molan says he's seen an increase of property investors buying houses and renting them out at high prices. A 3 bedroom house in Tokoroa has been listed for as little as… Read more Audio

The options for a new road through the slip-prone Manawatu Gorge have been narrowed down from 14 to four. NZTA regional highway manager Ross l'Anson says five years is a long time for the new road to… Read more Audio

Palmerston North residents have been casting a critical eye over the four shortlisted roads to replace the Manawatu Gorge road. Each of the proposed alternative routes will take at least five years to… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Evacuees from an erupting volcano in Vanuatu are facing more time in limbo after authorities extended a state of emergency on the island of Ambae. About 11,000 Ambaeans are in camps on neighbouring… Read more Audio