Morning Report

The sporting goods and homeware retailer, Briscoe Group, says a weak currency is a bigger risk to the company's fortunes than international competitors. Audio

The Reserve Bank was the focus of the central bank world for a while yesterday and its surprise cut gathered more than it fair share of headlines. Audio

Well Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler say cutting the cash rate will secure and sustain economic growth of about 3 percent annually over the next couple of years. Audio

The RBNZ took most people by surprise with its rate cut yesterday and in large part that was because a month ago the governor Graeme Wheeler gave a speech which by common agreement hosed down… Read more Audio

A prominent figure in the New Zealand pharmaceutical industry says the price of the hotly debated drug Keytruda is extortionate. Audio

Four fires continue to burn in Canterbury. Galeforce winds yesterday rekindled the bush fire near Hanmer Springs. Two fires are still alight in the Darfield area and another further south at Mount… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Leaked Islamic State documents reveal the identities of up to twenty two thousand fighters, including an Australian computer engineer identified as a volunteer suicide bomber. Audio

A Wairarapa dairy farmer is facing eviction from a farm which has been in his family since 1871. Alex Benton's been told he has two weeks to leave the property, after receivers were called in by the… Read more Audio

Galeforce winds yesterday rekindled a bush fire in Hanmer Springs, that flared on Tuesday, cutting off the town. Two fires started yesterday in the Darfield area and another further south at Mount… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio