Morning Report

A race against time in Italy to rescue survivors from the big earthquake as the death toll reaches 250. CNN's Fred Pleitgen talks to us from Amatrice. Audio

A traumatic ordeal for a young Czech tourist stranded in the middle of winter on the Routeburn finally comes to an end. Audio

Police in Northland hunt for an armed offender who shot at police and then stole a police car. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Wall Street is weaker ahead of the central bankers meeting at Jackson Hole Audio

The national grid operator Transpower says it has a 600 million dollar scheme in its pocket to get electricity out of the South Island if the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter shuts down. Audio

But for Fletcher Building the Brexit vote has already delivered a bit of a boon for its UK-based laminate making business. Audio

The headlines and tumult over Britain's decision to leave the European Union -- the so called Brexit -- have died down, and in the aftermath companies have been assessing what it means for them. Audio

Listed healthcare and animal products company, Ebos, remains ever alert for potential acquisitions to sustain its double digit growth of the past few years. Audio

Fonterra's 50 cent increase in its milk price forecast to 4-dollars-75 a kilo of milk solids, if sustained, will pump close to a billion dollars into the economy and may take the edge off the Reserve… Read more Audio

Local councils now have the power decide whether businesses can open in their area on Easter Sunday. Parliament has passed law on what it acknowledges is a contentious issue, but says allowing… Read more Audio

A police search and rescue team will try again this morning to bring out the body of a Czech man who fell to his death from the Routeburn Track in Fiordland a month ago. Audio