Morning Report

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

Turkey's President Erdogan is not backing down from talk of reintroducing the death penalty to punish coup plotters. Audio

Labour's deputy leader Annette King is right behind her old boss Helen Clark's bid to become United Nations secretary-general. She's not impressed by former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd's late… Read more Audio

The Republican National Convention starts today in Cleveland Ohio but already it's fraught with security concerns and protests over the divisive nominee. Our correspondent Simon Marks joins us now… Read more Audio

After 5 hours of deliberation, Vincent Skeen was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter after he stabbed Luke Tipene at least seven times with a broken beer bottle during a street… Read more Audio

Police searching for two children missing from Tuakau. We have latest from the police. Audio

Auckland primary schools blame the high price of Auckland housing for the difficulties they're facing as they try to fill teacher vacancies. Joanna MacKenzie has the story. Audio

RNZ News has been told the kiwifruit marketing company Zespri was warned by Chinese officials there could be retaliation if New Zealand investigates claims of Chinese steel dumping. Our reporter Eric… Read more Audio

The fallout from the Russian doping report is only just beginning. Our reporter Barry Guy will be going to the Rio Olympics and has the analysis of what's likely to happen. Audio