Morning Report

More than half of the over 900 asylum seekers - who fled from places such as Iran, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka - have now had their refugee status confirmed by PNG Immigration. Audio

How strictly America should apply immigration controls and how to deal with the estimated 11-million illegal immigrants already in the U.S. are questions all of the Presidential candidates are being… Read more Audio

A new report says plans to extend Wellington Airport's runway by at least 300 metres do not make economic sense. Audio

Two days after the Auditor General announced she would investigate the Government's controversial Saudi sheep deal, the government agency in charge was told all further spending on the project was… Read more Audio

The GeoNet website says there have been three moderate aftershocks, measuring magnitude 3.6, 3.5 and 3.9, and one strong aftershock measuring 4.2 at 6.30 last night. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

With the latest on how the city's been affected we're joined by our Christchurch bureau chief Belinda McCammon. Audio

The Prime Minister John Key says yesterday's Canterbury quake has been a painful blow for the city. Audio

The Christchurch mayor called yesterday's 5.7 magnitude quake a pyschological set back for the city facing the fifth anniversary of the deadly 2011 quake. 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

Exploratory drilling for oil and gas has ground to a halt in New Zealand Audio

The New Zealand cricketers face a monumental task if they're to save the first cricket test against Australia at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. Audio