Morning Report

Oz Kiwi group says it will keep fighting for the right of New Zealanders to be treated fairly by the Australian government. Audio

21-year-old Anton Lienert-Brown takes the place of injured Ryan Crotty in a largely unchanged All Blacks team to play the Wallabies on Saturday. Audio

A summer water crisis could be looming in Hawke's Bay - Hastings District Council plans to supply all of Havelock North's water but its own research suggests there won't be enough water to go round. Audio

Investigations continue into the motives of a 29 year old French man who stabbed and killed a British backpacker in Australia while yelling Allah Akbar. Police say it could be a terrorist act. Audio

We speak with the owner of Gun City, who disputes Police Association claims that guns are too easy to obtain, making another mass killing inevitable. Audio

Students remain trapped in the American University of Afghanistan campus after a car bomb explodes. Our correspondent in Kabul has the latest. Audio

The BBC's Jenny Hill talks to us from Amatrice, which has suffered devastating damage in the huge Italian earthquake. Rescue efforts continue as the death toll mounts. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

A2 Milk's shares were battered nearly 9 percent lower. Audio

The Auckland-based electricity lines company, Vector, also had a solid profit lift from an asset sale gain which sent the bottom line up 84 percent on last year. Audio

Among the other companies reporting yesterday was retirement village operator, Metlifecare. Audio