Morning Report

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Green MP, Jan Logie, and an Australian Green Senator, were briefly detained in Colombo, while on a trip to talk to locals about allegations of human rights abuses. Audio

The Philippines President, Benigno Aquino, has declared a State of National Calamity after Super Typhoon Haiyan left a trail of destruction in the country. Audio

A Waikato runanga says hospitals are locking up Maori mental health patients because some staff view them as coming from "an aggressive warrior race"; The Waitangi Tribunal is to present its report in… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

One of Sydney's most notorious gangs is on the brink of collapse after the arrests of some of its key members. Audio

Public marches will be held across the country this weekend in an attempt to get communities and national leaders to heighten awareness of rape. Audio

Death toll still uncertain in Philippines, remote villages remain cut off. Typhoon downgraded in Vietnam but flooding still a concern. Fear of Maori leads to more mental health patients being locked… Read more Audio

The stand-off over asylum seekers coming from Indonesia escalates, and; a former Catholic priest from Australia, and whistleblower against the Church's child abusers, dies in the cyclone in the… Read more Audio

Despite the fishing industry saying a ban on shark finning in New Zealand waters isn't needed, the Government wants to ensure that killing sharks solely for their fins in our exclusive zone can no… Read more Audio

Nine Te Waipounamu iwi have collaborated in a bid to be the Whanau Ora commissioning agency for the South Island; A Ngati Wai man says the fire that's ravaged the Mokau marae north of Whangarei is a… Read more Audio