Morning Report

Power is out across parts of the North Island from Kaikohe down to Titirangi. Audio

A state of Emergency has been declared and up to 200 people, many of them tourists, have been evacuated from near Franz Josef, after the Waiho river breached its bank last night. Andy Thompson is the… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

More than 100 tourists evacuated as river breaches bank, Power is out across parts of the North Island, Fonterra accused of corporate bullying, Belgium in mourning after terror attacks, Auckland… Read more Audio

Roger Pikia is Te Arawa's representative on the Waikato River Authority. He says the C minus rating for water quality is not unexpected. Audio

Cleaning up the Waikato River will likely take the best part of a century and despite millions of dollars spent on the project, the river will continue to deteriorate for the forseeable future, its… Read more Audio

Playing computer games at school has dramatically improved the reading skills of Maori boys. But as Leigh Marama McLachlan of Te Manu Korihi reports, there is no guarantee that anything will come of… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister is coming under pressure to disclose how much taxpayer's money has been spent on legal costs in so-called Teapot-Tapes defamation case. Deputy Political Editor Chris Bramwell… Read more Audio

Fonterra has more than doubled its half-year profit, and held its milk price forecast steady at 3-dollars-90 a kilo of milk solids. Our economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara joins us. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The former mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, who was famously caught smoking crack cocaine has died. David Lamb is a producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corportation. He joins us now. Audio

Fonterra's expected to announce its half-year result within the hour, and analysts are expecting the dairy giant to report a robust bottom line. Jacqueline Rowarth is an agribusiness professor at… Read more Audio