Morning Report

It's one hundred years today since the Battle of Messines on the Western Front. It was was seen as a turning point for the allies in the First World War and to commemorate here in NZ, there'll be a… Read more Audio

Two men have gone on trial in the Auckland District Court, facing more than 100 charges relating to false invoices. The Crown says an Auckland District Health Board senior manager helped defraud the… Read more Audio

"This is for IS, this is for Al-Qaeda". That's what the Melbourne hostage taker told 7 News chief of staff Nicole Bland - who received a call from Yacqub Khayre in the midst of the siege. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

A fifth of Christchurch's residents are stressed most or all of the time; and nearly three-quarters of the city's residents find that the stress they experience has a negative effect on them. The… Read more Audio

With just two days to go until voting in the UK elections opens and the race is tightening even more. Matt Singh, who's an Election Analyst for the Financial Times, says there's quite a lot of… Read more Audio

Emails obtained by New Zealand First show Mr Bridges' office tried to prevent Kiwirail from releasing information about a proposed new Auckland rail line to public transport advocate Harriet Gale… Read more Audio

At the post race conference three America's cup skippers have spoken about the Team New Zealand capsize today. Skipper Peter Burling's mum says she is relieved no one was hurt. BAR's Ben Ainslie and… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The British and Irish Lions meet the Blues tonight in the second game of their New Zealand tour already on the back foot after a lacklustre win over Northland. The Telegraph's rugby correspondent… Read more Audio

An emergency meeting is to be held in Wellington today, a week after the lethal parasite Bonamia ostreae was detected in a Stewart Island bay; leading to strict rules around moving shelfish being… Read more Audio