Morning Report

Barbara Kendall, a member of the IOC Athletes Commission, backs the IOC decision to let Russian athletes compete at Rio if they can prove they're clean. Audio

The Minister of Health denies existence of phantom waiting lists saying , Forty five thousand patients referred to hospital specialists by GPs were turned away according to the latest figures from the… Read more Audio

Councils across the country want central government to come up with a consistent set of laws for freedom camping. Audio

Mary Berrington's friends say they'll continue their hunt for the Upper Hutt woman after police call off their search. She's been missing since last Tuesday. Audio

Three New Zealand teams head into this weekend's Super Rugby semi-finals. The Hurricanes have secured a home semi-final after storming to a 41 nil victory against the Sharks on Saturday. We talk to… Read more Audio

David Sonboly, the teenage gunman who killed nine people in Munich, had been planning his attack for a year and bought his glock pistol on the dark web.Our correspondent in Germany Ira Spitzer has the… Read more Audio

Queenstown police say the person responsible for yesterday's Queenstown airport bomb hoax faces jail time or a stiff fine. Audio

The official tally of patients on waiting lists to see specialists is on the rise but RNZ's Catherine Hutton reports those figures don't tell the whole story. Audio

The Russian Sports Minister, Vitaly Mutko says he is very grateful to the IOC for their decision not to implement a blanket ban on Russian athletes .. Moscow Correspondent Julia Lyubova has more… Read more Audio

IOC decides against banning all Russian athletes from the Rio Olympics. While Russia's track and field team remains banned, other athletes will be allowed to compete if cleared by their international… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Across the Tasman, and the introduction of tighter regulation of Australian agriculture has been heavily criticised in report to the federal government. Audio