Morning Report

While his brother is busy courting the votes of Australians, Greg Rudd is championing New Zealanders' rights across the ditch. Audio

Disability groups and others say they will fight to overturn what they call an ugly and draconian new law governing payments to family carers. Audio

Police are seeking the public's help in the hunt for suspected kidnapper Phillip Layton Edwards. Audio

Valerie Adams is the world shot put champion for the fourth straight time. Audio

The Government plans to significantly ramp up the amount of compensation it gives landowners when it buys their property for public work - such as to build a highway. Audio

The Government plans to change the law so a ministerial inquiry into the Fonterra contamination scare can be held more quickly, and with more powers. Audio

The area commander for the western Bay of Plenty, Inspector Clifford Paxton, joins us now. Audio

A Tauranga police officer risked his life last night to to save a man after a van crashed into the harbour after a three-car pileup on the Maungatapu bridge. Audio

Valerie Adams has wom the shot put at the World Championships in Moscow. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Prime Minister, John Key, is hoping for a speedy inquiry into the Fonterra contamination scare, and says he will go to China as soon as it is finished to reassure consumers there. Audio

A police officer risked his own life to save a passenger thrown into the sea after a vehicle accident in Tauranga last night. Audio