Morning Report

More details emerge about Chris Hipkins' role in the Barnaby Joyce citizenship crisis, thousands in Dunedin await test results on untreated water that got into their drinking water, long delays for… Read more Audio

Big Ben is going silent for four years while it is being restored. "Big Ben's a bit of a rust bucket at the moment." UK correspondent Natalie Powell told Susie Ferguson. Audio

The Sikh community says its looking forward to a law change that will allow them to carry their traditional dagger, the kirpan, in public. But NZ First leader Winston Peters has criticised the move… Read more Audio

A steel supplier that gave customers wrong information on its test certificates has dodged being prosecuted by the Commerce Commission. Phil Pennington joins us to explain the case. Audio

Queenstown's council is considering more radical solutions to the town's housing crisis after the Government's Special Housing Areas failed to bring down prices. RNZ's Otago-Southland reporter Ian… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

New Zealand's biggest community housing developer was due to start on a $140 million project on Auckland Council-owned land in Wiri. But uncertainty over how much the council's development agency… Read more Audio

Statistics New Zealand says the population is increasing by one person every 6 minutes and 39 seconds. Economists say it's come at a great cost, putting undue strain on the country's infrastructure… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Donald Trump has denounced white supremacists after the violence in Charlottesville. Washington correspondent Kate Fisher tells us the US President has made a very carefully worded statement after two… Read more Audio