Morning Report

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets at CWC Final;rendon McCullum, Michael Clarke reflect on the final;Australia's cricket captain proud of his winning team; no better way to end one day… Read more Audio

And we'll cross now to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

Thousands of New Zealand cricket fans will descend on Melbourne for Sunday's historic Cricket World Cup final against Australia. Audio

The Crawley family and staff at Downton Abbey will say farewell this Christmas. Audio

Crown is presenting an official apology to a South Taranaki tribe today in Hokitika; A Maori researcher says the threat of shutting down remote Aboriginal communities impinges on the rights of all… Read more Audio

A 300-kilogramme bronze statue of Gallipoli artist Horace Moore-Jones will be unveiled in Hamilton today. Audio

More than 200 of the world's best surfers have descended on Taranaki this week for the New Zealand Surf Festival. Audio

The Crown is presenting an official apology to a South Taranaki tribe today in Hokitika for illegally incarcerating men from Parihaka in the South Island in the 1800s. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Our Northland reporter Lois Williams has been following the campaign and is in our Whangarei studio. Audio

After at first being given zero chance by the Prime Minister in tomorrow's Northland byelection, the New Zealand First leader Winston Peters appears poised on the brink of a historic win. Audio