Morning Report

The inventor of the pepi pod for babies who sleep with their parents is accusing the Health Ministry of institutional racism for deciding to stop funding their distribution. The Maori Women's Welfare… Read more Audio

An overhaul of maternity policies at Auckland and Waitemata District Health Boards is to see more emphasis placed on home births. Rowan Quinn takes a look at the pros and cons. Audio

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has officially put his hand up to run for the United Nations' Secretary General position, but first he needs the support of Malcolm Turnbull and his… Read more Audio

Urban Maori groups win long-running battle over who should control a $20 million trust set up to make sure urban Maori get a share of treaty fishery settlements. John Tamihere led the fight. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

After years of uncertainty for New Zealand's beef exporters, a trade dispute with Indonesia could be settled in the coming months. Our Deputy Political Editor, Chris Bramwell, is in Jakarta. Audio

Thousands have gathered in Cleveland to protest against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. We talk to one of the protestors. Audio

Auckland primary schools blame the city's increasingly high housing costs for difficulties trying to fill vacancies. The Auckland Primay Principals Association says a survey reveals just how serious… Read more Audio

Drug Free Sport New Zealand tells Morning Report why, in the wake of a new report on state sponsored doping, Russian athletes must be banned from next month's Rio Olympics. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Otago Regional Council is about to publish a report seven years in the making identifying risk factors contributing to South Dunedin's flooding. We talk to council chief executive Peter Bodeker. Audio

The French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has been booed as he attended a minute's silence in Nice for the people killed in the Bastille Day attack. Audio