Morning Report

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

Environmental campaigners want superannuation and general investment funds to stop investing in fossil fuels. They say the coal, oil and gas industries produce greenhouse gases and fund managers have… Read more Audio

Egypt military clears protest camps in deadly raids; Pamapuria teacher to be sentenced today on sex-offence charges; Fonterra managing director falls on his sword; Real risk with Christchurch rates… Read more Audio

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