Morning Report

Recreational fishers are welcoming a plan by Environment Minister Nick Smith to change the rules for the Marlborough Sounds blue cod fishery. Audio

National and Labour MPs are blaming each other for a plan to spend 50-thousand dollars on doors in a parliamentary corridor. Audio

The special law that governs Canterbury's earthquake recovery expires in less than a year, and arrangements to transfer power back to local authorities are behind schedule. Audio

Auckland leaders of the Maori Party and the Mana Movement have held informal talks about the possibility of the two political parties merging; Te Atiawa and the Kapiti District Council have signed an… Read more Audio

A widow will give evidence in the High Court today about seeing her husband stabbed to death in their West Auckland dairy. Audio

The Junior All Whites face a tough challenge to qualify for the final 16 in the under 20s World Cup after last night's 4-nil defeat to the USA in Auckland. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The world is facing an unrelenting refugee crisis. Audio

The Ministry of Social Development is urgently investigating a complaint, received yesterday, that it sent confidential child abuse records to the wrong person. Audio

ABC says the FBI declined to comment because Blatter has not been publicly identified as a target of the investigation. But sources told them the feds were conducting the FIFA probe the same way they… Read more Audio

And of course, New Zealand is currently hosting the Fifa's Under 20 World Cup which kicked off in Auckland on Sunday. Audio

New Zealand Football's chief executive, Andy Martin, was at the congress of the sport's ruling body in Zurich last week. Audio