Morning Report

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Wall Street is higher today after factory activity data came in slightly above expectations. Audio

In the alphabet soup that characterises the global trade sector, a new acronym is emerging - C-J-K. Audio

Medical and dental businesses operator Abano Healthcare says its first half earnings may fall as much as 14 percent because of the slowing Australian economy. Audio

And while the focus has been on the record billions earned by the Australian-owned banks, there's a small band of local minnows operating in the sector -- the credit unions and mutual building… Read more Audio

And staying with banking, it's been a bumper profit season for the country's top four banks, who reported record profits worth around 4-point-5 billion dollars profit between them. Audio

Westpac New Zealand says falling interest rates, a weaker economy, lower dairy prices and increasing competition for digital customers is keeping it under pressure. Audio

The number of beneficiaries telling Work and Income they're victims of domestic abuse is up 50 percent. Audio

The police are dealing with more than one-hundred cases every day involving what they call acutely distressed mentally ill people. Audio

News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio

Our business reporter Jonathan Mitchell is in, with what's happening in the financial world, and it sounds like you have a lot on banking today. Audio

England 2015 is done and dusted but the outbreak of rugby fever which swept Japan in recent weeks means the country is already looking forward to hosting the 2019 tournament. Audio