Morning Report

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

Cyclone Pam which may be the most devastating tropical storms in the last three decades has authorities in Vanuatu scrambling to prepare for its arrival. Audio

The Act Party says it will tell its supporters to abandon its candidate and vote National if it looks like Winston Peters is in line to win this month's Northland by-election. Audio

Police are now talking to anti 1080 campaigners as they continue their search for the sender of the letters. Audio

There are reports some smaller companies have been caught out by new restrictions. Audio

New Zealand has so far escaped largely unscathed from the 1080 poison scare, with major dairy exporters saying their orders from overseas markets haven't dropped off. Audio