Morning Report

Conservationists say there has been a population explosion of tui in the suburbs of Hamilton. Six years of work in remote bush reserves by the Hamilton Halo project have boosted the breeding and… Read more Audio

An iwi fiercely opposed to deep-sea oil drilling says it has little interest in a Maori industry conference which will look at the potential for Maori to be involved in the oil, gas and mining sector… Read more Audio

The "near death experience" has become a staple of television programmes and films, but research in the United States has shown it may be real. Audio

The rules for growing oysters, mussels and other molluscs and crustaceans in tanks are being reviewed. The Ministry for Primary Industries and the Department of Conservation will look into the… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector Audio

The Whakatane District Council will meet this month with about 1500 home owners whose properties it's labelled at risk of a landslide or a debris flow event. The consultation follows a study… Read more Audio

Tertiary education leaders warn institutions will start fiddling the books if the government keeps punishing them when too few students pass their courses. Audio

Unions say the Reserve Bank should follow its British and American counterparts and link interest rate rises with falls in unemployment. But business and some economists disagree, saying it's not… Read more Audio

Government workers are not the only ones whose rights may be impinged by the vulnerable children reforms announced yesterday. Courts will also be able to impose Child Harm Prevention Orders to stop… Read more Audio

The Public Service Association secretary Brenda Pilott says children need protecting from the people who come into their families, not from government workers. Her comment follows the announcement… Read more Audio

The Christchurch City Council is scrambling to get its books in order after learning its rates may have been set illegally since 2004. The Department of Internal Affairs discovered the resolutions the… Read more Audio