Morning Report

Business reporter Jonathan Mitchell joins Morning Report with what's happening in the financial world. Audio

The Democratic candidates for President sparred yesterday afternoon in their final television town hall event, ahead of the first vote in the United States primaries, which take place in Iowa on… Read more Audio

The Trade Minister, Todd McClay, is rejecting accusations the benefits from the Trans Pacific Partnership are exaggerated. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

ECan to investigate chief justice's cattle. Samoa questioning New Zealand's zika travel advice. Government expected to confirm funding for $2.5 billion Auckland rail link. Danish parliament passes… Read more Audio

The campaign to put a New Zealander on Australia's five dollar note is gathering steam. The late Fred Hollows, the eye surgeon from Dunedin who spent much of his adult life across the Tasman, has been… Read more Audio

Aspiring novelists and poets converged on a remote Kapiti Coast campsite over the long weekend to gain inspiration and knowledge from published writers including a man described as a blues poet. Nick… Read more Audio

International concern is growing about the rising death toll from political violence in the embattled central African state of Burundi. The New Zealand representative to the United Nations, Gerard van… Read more Audio

Beijing's crack down on foreign exchange transactions could make it harder for Chinese buyers to invest in the New Zealand property market. The Australian Financial Review's Shanghai correspondent… Read more Audio

Stores inside the restricted area in the Auckland suburb of Manurewa which a male Tau fruit fly was discovered last week say their stores have all been checked by biosecurity staff. Tom Furley went to… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

A blaze at the Otaki campus of Te Wananaga o Raukawa won't stop classes from going ahead today. The tumuaki - or head - of Te Wananga o Raukawa, Mereana Selby, joins us now. Audio