Morning Report

Matariki celebrations are under way around the country - and filmaker and New Zealander of the year Taika Waititi was the big winner at this year's annual Matariki awards. The awards celebrate the… Read more Audio

A school teacher threatened by her abusive ex husband spent two years without a protection order, when she should have had one. In a highly criitical decision, the Court of Appeal overruled two lower… Read more Audio

Eight people are dead and thirty others in hospital suffering from heat stroke and exhaustion after being discovered in the back of a truck trailer in Texas. iHeart media correspondent Jim Forsyth is… Read more Audio

In the latest instalment in RNZ's pre-election series 'Is this the Brighter Future,' we look at National's latest attempts to curb Auckland's housing crisis and cool the housing market by establishing… Read more Audio

The government is failing in the fight against childhood obesity, a new report says. University of Auckland health researcher Professor Boyd Swinburn says the country is still well behind… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The mayor of Christchurch, Lianne Dalziel, says the contamination caused by the flooding is 'very real'. She says the state of emergency will still remain in place because of high tides that are due. Audio

The final stage of le Tour de France was cycled overnight into the Champs Elysee in Paris - but it was largely ceremonial. Michael Tomalaris is in France covering the race for SBS in Australia and… Read more Audio

David Wilson who farms at Henley near Dunedin airport in a protected zone that's designed not to flood, says half of his farm is still under water. Audio

Keith Kelsall, whose home in St Clair was evacuated due to a slip, says his family were evacuated at the right time as the damage could've been much worse. Audio

Donald Trump's new communications director Anthony Scaramucci has been busy deleting old tweets so he can get on with the job of serving the US President. Senior Whitehouse correspondent for news… Read more Audio