Morning Report

"She's the whole package" says the president of the Whakatane surf club where New Zealand gold medallist Lisa Carrington started our her kayaking career. Audio

A golden morning for New Zealand at the Olympics. Lisa Carrington wins gold, the 49ers assured of gold in the yachting and a gutsy effort on the track for runner Nikki Hamblin. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Shares in the engineering and infrastructure consultancy firm, Opus International Consultants, slumped more than nine percent yesterday. Audio

The world's biggest mining company, BHP Billiton, recorded a loss of almost six and a half billion US dollars over the past year. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The small banking and financial services company, Heartland Bank, plans to continue to grow by acquistion and innovation, after returning a better than expected full year result. Audio

Fletcher Building to release results. Audio

Global dairy prices have risen to their highest level in 10 months after the strongest rise in prices this year in the overnight auction. Audio

The New Zealand cloud storage company Mega has failed in a High Court bid to stop information about its customers being handed to the Kazakhstan government. Audio

A heart-warming Olympics story - middle distance runner Nikki Hamblin takes a tumble finsihing well down the pack - but that doesn't rule her out of the competition. Our reporter in Rio. Gael Woods… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio