Morning Report

An earthquake woke many people in the bottom of the North Island overnight. We're joined now by duty seismologist Caroline Holden from GNS Science Audio

Failing to get the go ahead to build a flyover next to the Basin Reserve in Wellington has cost taxpayers close to 11-million-dollars. Audio

For more on where the party should be going with us is Graham Cooke from the Meat Workers Union, which is affiliated to the Labour Party , and Robert Reid who is general secretary of First Union… Read more Audio

It seems only a matter of time before Labour puts its leadership up to the vote after the party's disastrous performance on Saturday night. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The equivalent of thirteen-thousand bathtubs of concrete is being poured in Christchurch this morning, the largest continuous pour since the 2011 quakes. Audio

Worsening effects of climate change are prompting the New Zealand Red Cross to revamp the way it deals with weather disasters in the Pacific. Audio

Frank Bainimarama has been sworn into office as Fiji's prime minister at a ceremony in Suva after his landslide win in the country's first election in eight years. Audio

A leading Auckland real estate agency says interest in properties for sale has picked up in the three days since National won the election. Audio

The employer of a taxi driver who was racially abused by a Queenstown police officer says he's shocked the constable has been discharged without conviction. Audio

Turkey has locked down stretches of its border with Syria after facing a flood of more than 130,000 Syrian refugees fleeing the latest advance by Islamic State militants. Audio

Documents released by the Transport Agency show it spent millions of taxpayers dollars in its failed bid to to build the controversial Basin Reserve flyover. Audio