Morning Report

Parliament's final sitting session has begun with a rowdy debate - as MPs used each other's campaign slogans to taunt each other across the debating chamber. Audio

Metservice is signalling it will add the letter 'h' to Whanganui on its weather maps. A Moriori leader believes funding for a new museum on the Chathams would be better spent saving the last remaining… Read more Audio

Joko Widodo has been elected as Indonesia's new president. But he's already facing claims that the election process was fraudulent. Audio

The union for Pasifika secondary teachers says they're burning out from increased pressure to lift NCEA achievement for Pasifika students. Audio

An expert witness at the inquest into the fatal 2010 mid-air collision at Feilding Aerodrome says under-reporting of near misses is endemic and is having deadly results. Audio

Reigning world champions and defending Games champions will be doing their best to better the six gold medals won in Delhi, when the 2014 Commonwealth Games begin in Glasgow on Thursday. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

People have reacted with both disappointment and joy to the decision not to allow the 90-million-dollar flyover at the Basin Reserve to go ahead. Audio

As we've been reporting this morning, Valerie Adams has been named as the Commonwealth Games flagbearer in Glasgow. Audio

In Europe the EU is considering formal sanctions against Russia for its role in the disaster. Our Brussels correspondent Jack Parrock joins us. Audio

The Australian Treasurer, Joe Hockey, is visiting New Zealand. With more than 30 Australians having died in the crash, Mr Hockey told me his government's main objective remains to find those… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio