Morning Report

The Commerce Commission has delayed its decision on whether to approve a giant media merger between Fairfax and NZME. We talk to former NZ Herald editor Tim Murphy. Audio

Don Brash was with an Auckland local body candidate during a television interview when an angry man got out of a car and started waving a sword about. He tells us what happened. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The Antarctic Heritage Trust is driving three tractors more than two thousand kilometres in a bid to raise funds to help repair Sir Edmund Hillary's hut in Antarctica. The journey from Piha Beach to… Read more Audio

Ethical investment specialist Rodger Spiller says people with Kiwisaver accounts need to make the effort to find out where their money is being invested if they're worried it's being invested… Read more Audio

Business owners are struggling in Havelock North, hit hard by the gastro bug outbreak. But they're undeterred by a new government enquiry. They'll still be looking into a class action. Audio

Education Ministry's special education director says shifting funding from schoolchildren to under-5s will be gradual and won't leave schools high and dry. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ sport. Audio

The Paralympics begin in Rio in just two weeks time. We talk to the chief of Paralympics New Zealand about the New Zealand team's chances. Audio

Four men released three salt water crocodiles into a Northern Territory school as a prank. But the ranger who rescued them told me the crocs were in such poor condition they didn't put up much of a… Read more Audio

Lower Hutt mayor says residents who successfully argued for a child sex offender to be moved from their community acted reasonably and rejects suggestions they were an "angry mob". Audio

Andrew Little says John Key is as "loose as a goose" after claiming he's been the subject of frequent bugging attempts. Audio