Morning Report

And credit rating agency Standard and Poor's says there's no prospect of a lift to New Zealand's double-A rating any time soon even with an unexpected surplus. Audio

The government's achievement of a long awaited budget surplus is expected to be short lived as a slowing economy, and uncertain global environment combine to dent the outlook. Audio

The first steps towards a free trade agreement with the European Union have been taken, and it's come from Europe. Audio

Violence has once again broken out near in Jerusalem, Israel, where police have shot and killed a man dressed in combat fatigues and armed with a knife. Audio

The Turakina Maori Girls' College Old Girls Association says the interim decision that the kura should close has come as a surprise; The rate of hospitalisation as a result of assault or attempted… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

El Nino is already starting to bite in the South Island, wDennis Bush King is the Environment and Planning Manager for the Tasman District Council. Water restrictions are being considered in the… Read more Audio

School librarians around the country will be returning banned book "Into The River" to their shelves this morning. The School Librarian Association's President, Miriam Tuohy, is welcoming the… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Banned book back on shelves, Tasman already feeling the heat, Violence breaks out near Jerusalem, Timaru water supply safe despite discovery of granules of DDT, Labour MP crosses the ditch to advocate… Read more Audio

The refrain of Playboy readers down the decades is about to become a reality, with the news the magazine will stop publishing pictures of fully nude women. Carrie Pitzulo is an adjunct professor with… Read more Audio