Morning Report

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A damning report sparked by a series of infant deaths has prompted a major shakeup of maternity services in the lower North Island. At least one New Zealander was reportedly on a bus of foreign… Read more Audio

Police investigating the murder of a gangland lawyer on a Melbourne street say they suspect a pizza store owner who's said to be the city's mafia boss. Audio

Female artists from around the Pacific region are reviving lost cultural art forms and reinventing creative traditions that have existed for generations. Audio

Maori claimants remain unconvinced the Government has acted in their best interests in negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Audio

A community housing umbrella group says it's concerned an overseas consortium has made it on to a shortlist of providers bidding to take on 15-hundred state houses. Audio

Dunedin's economy is sailing out of the doldrums for the first time in 10 years. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is claiming some ethnic restaurants are in fact operating as fronts for illegal immigration. Audio

The Health Ministry is being accused of rushing through major changes to a vital screening programme for cancer in New Zealand women. Audio

It's been another week of bad news for the dairy industry as yet more indicators point to an end of the white gold rush. Audio