Morning Report

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

It's been revealed there were numerous safety breaches at a West Coast gold mine where a nine-year-old boy died after his father's four-wheel-drive rolled into a settling pond. Audio

A prestigious Presbyterian girls' school in Dunedin is being described by a teachers' union as a toxic and unsafe workplace, which may need external intervention. A dispute between the management of… Read more Audio

When a child has to be taken from their home, Child, Youth and Family's goal is to place them with a relative before considering any other form of care. Audio

Parliament's Privileges Committee has criticised the way private information was handed over to the inquiry investigating how a controversial report into the country's spy agency was leaked. The New… Read more Audio

Can Act survive? Our political editor, Brent Edwards, is with us. Audio

Opposition parties say the ACT Party leader John Banks' political career is all but over. A High Court judge has upheld a District Court decision and ruled Mr Banks should stand trial in the High… Read more Audio

Morning Report speaks with Education Minister Hekia Parata about the recent OECD report indicating New Zealand standards have dived. Audio

New Zealand has tumbled in a prestigious international ranking of 15-year-olds' abilities in maths, reading and science. Formerly among the top performing nations in the OECD's Programme for… Read more Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Opposition parties say the United Future leader, Peter Dunne, has not been vindicated by a Privileges Committee report into the handing over of parliamentary records to the David Henry inquiry. The… Read more Audio

New Zealand's ranking has nose dived in a prestigious international ranking of 15-year-olds' abilities in maths, reading and science. The report compares levels of reading, maths and science among 15… Read more Audio