Morning Report

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Listening to that was Hawkes Bay Regional Council chairman Fenton Wilson. Audio

The Hawke's Bay Regional Council has voted to allow its investment company HBRIC to borrow 2-million-dollars to keep the Ruataniwha Dam project alive. Audio

Mark Lundy's defence team has officially presented its case, telling a High Court jury in Wellington it was simply impossible for Mr Lundy to have murdered his wife and daughter in August, 2000. Audio

A team of urban search and rescue professionals from the New Zealand Fire Service has arrived in Vanuatu. Audio

The recovery of bodies and plane wreckage is continuing in the French Alps more than 24 hours after Germanwings 4U 9525 flight crashed into the mountain side. Audio

Two days left to go to till the Northland by-election, and the Prime Minister is lending his weight today to the campaign by National's rookie candidate, Mark Osborne, to hold the seat. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

King Richard III will be reburied in England today, more than 500 years after he was killed fighting Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Audio

I spoke earlier to ESPN Cric Info senior editor Sharda Ugra, and Australian cricket writer Gideon Haigh. Audio

The match to decide who the Black Caps will play in the final of the Cricket World Cup takes place in Sydney tonight. Audio

The Yemeni President, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, has fled his residence in Aden and the United States says it cannot confirm further details about his location. Audio