Morning Report

The opening of Wellington's David Jones department store, yesterday, is being hailed as proof the retail sector is alive and well despite high rents and the lurking threat of the internet. Eric… Read more Audio

Crowd-funding website Givealittle will soon charge fundraisers a 5 percent fee to help cover administrative costs. Audio

The Mayor of the Gore District Council is welcoming the Chinese investment that will see a $200 million dollar diary manufacturing plant in the region. Audio

Injuries, and returns from injury, could play a decisive role in this weekend's Super Rugby semi-finals. We talk to our sports reporter Joe Porter who has been keeping an eye on who is fit to take the… Read more Audio

Why do polls on some of the big political decisions - be it Brexit or the rise of Donald Trump - get it wrong? We ask veteran election analyst Antony Green from the ABC. Audio

Hillary Clinton will officially accept the Democratic nomination for President as the party's national convention wraps up today. Audio

Auckland's predicted housing boom won't be as great as previously thought. Tom Furley looks at new figures which show the estimates of the number of homes to be built in the city have been downgraded.

The economist Shamubeel Eaqub says the implementation of Auckland's new unitary plan will pay dividends for the rest of the country. Audio

Zika, superbugs, sewage and security concerns all stand in the way of success for New Zealand athletes at the Rio Olympics ... and that's even before they have got to the start line. Our Sports editor… Read more Audio

The Republican US presidential candidate, Donald Trump, says he was being sarcastic when he said Russia should look for thousands of e-mails his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, deleted from a… Read more Audio

Police still unwilling to name the miner who died after his front-end loader rolled in an underground mine. But they have just outlined more details about the accident. Audio

New reasearch is counting not only the personal cost of suicide, but also the economic cost of each life lost. A report by the office of the Auditor General estimates the lost opportunity of each… Read more Audio