Morning Report

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Dean Barker's expected to be dumped as Team New Zealand's America's Cup skipper. A Queensland fruit fly discovery in Grey Lynn sparks a biosecurity clamp down and a Chilean couple with a young New… Read more Audio

Five flamboyant days of Carnival partying on the streets of Rio de Janeiro have just ended. Audio

Revelations that live baiting is being used by some Australian greyhound trainers is being condemned by animal rights groups, authorities and the industry. Audio

The director of the largest social housing trust in the Nelson Tasman area says regional New Zealand is once again being overlooked in favour of Auckland and Christchurch. Audio

A Maori Anglican bishop, John Gray, says he is still the vicar-general, despite another bishop being appointed to the role; After failing in its first bid to start an outdoors-focussed charter school… Read more Audio

A new study into homelessness in Auckland has highlighted the challenges faced by those sleeping rough. Audio

Mark Lundy was virtually broke at the time of his wife and daughter's deaths, owing almost half a million dollars in debts and having only a small amount of equity in their family home. Audio

People who travel to and from east Auckland by bus will be riding high by the end of the year, on a new fleet of double-decker buses. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio