Morning Report

New Zealand's not the only country that can have protracted coalition discussions. In Germany in 2013, it took 86 days, and Chief political correspondent at Deutsche Welle TV Melinda Crane tells us… Read more Audio

After days of speculation around Winston Peter's next moves, he will meet with both National and Labour today. The New Zealand First leader isn't talking to media but has confirmed he will talk to… Read more Audio

British Prime Minister Theresa May stole the show at her ruling Conservative Party's annual conference -- but for all the wrong reasons. She coughed and spluttered through her speech and was… 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

The Danish inventor accused of murdering a Swedish journalist will be kept in custody for four more months after a court heard that 15 stab wounds had been found on Kim Wall's mutilated body. Ms… Read more Audio

Pharmacists say a lack of funding is preventing them from providing vital blood tests in the community for thousands of people. About 6,800 people are having their blood-thinning medication warfarin… Read more Audio

The primary teachers' union says all options, including strike action, are on the table unless there are big changes in teachers' pay rates and working conditions. Collective agreements for primary… Read more Audio

Vanuatu's prime minister has promised the thousands evacuated from the island of Ambae they will return home. Charlot Salwai visited two of the evacuation centres yesterday that have been set up to… Read more Audio

A multi-million dollar fleet of fire trucks is expected to be back on the roads by December - nearly one year after a union blacklisted them over safety fears. The Man-model trucks - worth more than… Read more Audio

The FBI is still stumped over what motivated Stephen Paddock to commit the worst mass shooting in modern American history. But they're hopeful the gunman's girlfriend, Marilou Danley, who has just… Read more Audio