Morning Report

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The NZ First Leader Winston Peters is scoffing at Act Leader David Seymour for saying his party will tell its supporters to vote for National if Mr Peters looks likely win the Northland by election. Audio

An agribusiness expert says it was crucial New Zealand's major trading partners were given advance notice of the scare. Audio

New Zealand appears to have escaped largely unscathed from the 1080 poison scare, both at home and overseas... so far at least. Audio

So what is the scene at the protest? Our reporter Murielle Baker is at the property. Audio

The Kauri and Rimu trees facing the axe in Titirangi have won a conditional reprieve with the landowners agreeing not to chop them down. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Auckland City councillors have taken the first step towards turning the city into a plastic bag-free zone. Audio

Efforts to save two Australians on Indonesia's death row are continuing, with Australia's most senior Islamic cleric travelling to Jakarta to plead for their lives. Audio

Inevitable. The word Solid Energy's chief executive, Dan Clifford used yesterday when talking to MP's at a parliamentary select committee about the prospects of further job losses at the state owned… Read more Audio

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has told MPs its cash reserves remain depleted after its investigation of the 2007 Urewera police raids and it would struggle to cope with another major… Read more Audio

The main suspect in the shooting of Russian opposition politician, Boris Nemtsov, says he was forced into making a confession. Audio