Morning Report

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

Researchers say doctors and midwives are inaccurately recording estimated heights and weights of some pregnant women, which could lead to risks in the pregnancy being missed. Audio

We ask David Cunliffe why he won't commit to a deal with the Greens. Hone Harawira's party prepares to talk to Kim Dotcom and Is the 32 million dollars spent on the Tamiflu vaccine a good investment? Audio

A new portrait of the Queen will be unveiled by her grandson, the Duke of Cambridge, at a state reception in Wellington this evening. Audio

The lawyers for a Christchurch school will today meet with Ministry counterparts in an attempt to stop Hekia Parata pressing on with a planned merger. Audio

The Local Government Commission has been criticised in Whangarei over its proposal for a single council for the whole of Northland. Audio

The Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency, Te Mangai Paho, has overhauled the way it funds radio and television programmes - now preferring to pay out for bilingual shows; The High Court has ruled a… Read more Audio

Local Government New Zealand believes councils are too reliant on property taxes for their funding. It says demographic and economic changes have made the future of local government funding an… Read more Audio

A piping contractor has been fined more than $55,000.00 in relation to a gas explosion in Auckland that killed one worker and left another a double amputee. Audio

The Government may have to stump up the cash needed to cover the costs of the broken Interislander ferry. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio