Morning Report

Blenheim residents say using volunteer fightfighters for after hours emergencies at Blenheim Airport is asking too much of the local crews. Audio

A new million-dollar mines rescue training facility has opened on the West Coast, which its founders say will help improve the skills of miners and emergency responders. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

It is New Zealand's most famous walking track and for 125 years hundreds of thousands of people have taken the four day hike through temperate rain forest, battled sand flies and marvelled at the high… Read more Audio

The proposal for the creation of a state-owned insurance company have met with scepticism from the industry. Audio

Listening to that's been the political commentator and former president of the Labour Party, Mike Williams. Audio

Labour's pulling out all the stops to win the forthcoming Christchurch East by-election, promising thousands of new homes for Canterbury and a new insurance company for the country. Audio

The director of Auckland's Rape Prevention Education says she's concerned about the behaviour of the teenage boys behind the "Roastbusters" Facebook group. Audio

Consumers have been out and about snapping up fireworks ahead of tomorrow's annual Guy Fawkes celebrations. Audio

For the second year in a row there are no New Zealand bred or trained horses in the Melbourne Cup. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio