Morning Report

New Zealand's first peer-to-peer lender will launch today with 100-million dollars of capital available for lending. Audio

The chairperson of the Quality Public Education Coalition, Bill Courtney, says charter schools have turned out to be even more expensive than expected. Audio

The Maori Party says it wants to help beneficiaries save for a deposit on a house. Today marks World Suicide Prevention Day and a call from a community organisation for more research into how to stop… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Man barred from NZ after using baby to bolster residency bid, Partnership school expansion plans worry critics, Education Minister responds to questions on charter schools, Evidence in Ashburton… Read more Audio

Tenth-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan and the fourteenth-seed Marin Cilic of Croatia are about to play their first Grand Slam tennis final. Audio

New research casts aside the long held belief that almost anyone can be evil in the right circumstances. Audio

A woman believes her sister may still be alive today had there been a special unit to treat both her drug addiction and mental health problems. Audio

The Maori Party's surprised it's been rejected from having any ministerial role in a potential Labour-led government; The Waikato District Health Board has found that half of all pregnant Maori women… Read more Audio

The Christchurch rebuild is drawing women into formerly male-dominated trade-based jobs. Audio