Morning Report

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

As the Salvation Army rejects its potential role in the government's social housing policy, we ask Bill English if it's a programme going nowhere. In Vanuatu, aid workers say the trickle of aid… Read more Audio

The Navy ship Canterbury will head to cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu this weekend. Audio

An independent kiwifruit growers group is calling on other growers to reject a referendum which could change the industry. Audio

Ousted Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra faces up to a decade behind bars, after a Supreme Court ruled she needs to stand trial for alleged negligence. Audio

Controversy at a Northland kura has continued with the Ministry of Education removing the commissioner put in charge to sort out the troubled school; The path's being smoothed for Ngai Tahu to build… Read more Audio

Residents say a planned expansion of quarrying on the western outskirts of Christchurch could threaten the city's water supply for decades into the future. Audio

Jurors deciding the case of the two men accused of murdering a man by dousing him in petrol and setting him on fire have heard conflicting evidence about whether he was conscious at the time he was… Read more Audio

A jury has been told a man who had once worked with Christine Lundy, and was receiving psychiatric treatment, was a possible suspect in the murders of Mrs Lundy and her daughter Amber. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Forty years after being enemies New Zealand and Vietnam have agreed to develop even closer defence ties. Audio