Morning Report

The Kohanga Reo National Trust board will today meet with a branch of Maori preschools, that held a protest, over the departure of the chief executive last week;The transitional chair of an Eastern… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

Valerie Adams has won the shot put at the World Championships in Moscow, Police officer hailed as hero after dramatic crash rescue, Police commander discusses dramatic Tauranga rescue, Analysts say… Read more Audio

Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes says last night's opening election debate between Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott was somewhat underwhelming. Audio

The New Zealand Army Band has attracted glowing reviews of their performance at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The band's spokesman, Lieutenant Commander Mark Hadlow, says they've been making… Read more Audio

The Maori Arm of the Nurses Organisation say it's still fighting pay inequalities which see some nurses at iwi providers paid 25 per cent less than those at district health boards; A Northland group… Read more Audio

An ambitious project to transform some of the country's poorest urban communities hopes to roll-out its first programmes within months. Auckland Council's Southern Initiative aims to the improve the… Read more Audio

The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says the Employment Relations Authority is pushing legal boundaries by ordering a worker to produce her Facebook pages and bank accounts. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists' says new data on waiting times at hospital emergency departments raises alarming questions about whether patients needing urgent treatment are seen in… Read more Audio