Morning Report

Wall Street rebounded strongly Friday, heading into a three-day holiday weekend, following a week of negative sentiment that saw equities and oil prices fall. Audio

This week's business agenda. Audio

And after a brusing 2015 where the mining and resoruce sector took a hammering and consumer sentiment suffered accordingly, the new year has started better . Audio

The corporate earnings season gets into full swing this week with at least 16 businesses due expected to report financial results. Audio

The view that the world's central banks have run out of ammunition to help stave off a re-run of the 2008 crisis has been challenged by one former fund manager. Audio

The staff at Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital are refusing to discharge a 13-month-old baby because they don't want it sent back to the Nauru detention centre. Audio

The team behind the campaign to buy a beach at Awaroa in the Abel Tasman National Park is urging New Zealanders to keep pledging right up until the 3 o'clock deadline this afternoon. Audio

Christchurch residents in the seaside suburb of Sumner witnessed the collapse of nearby cliffs as the city was struck by a five-point-seven magnitude earthquake yesterday. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

More on the challenges facing central banks around the world Audio

A mental health organisation is encouraging people to be gentle on themselves in the wake of yesterday's quake. Audio

Christchurch is again a city on edge following yesterday's strong earthquake and a series of aftershocks. Audio