Morning Report

The Trade Minister says competitors in Sri Lanka are trying to take advantage of Fonterra's botulism scare. The Sri Lankan government has ordered Fonterra to recall two types of Anchor products… Read more Audio

Opposition parties say The Government's just tinkering around the edges with its new housing initiative. Audio

Home ownership was very much the focus of National Party MPs and delegates over the weekend, during their two day annual conference in Nelson. Audio

A toddler has been found safe and well but the police are still searching for a convicted killer wanted in connection with the abduction of the two-year-old boy from his home in the Auckland suburb of… Read more Audio

News from the business sector including a market report Audio

The Trade Minister Tim Groser says there are competitors in Sri Lanka that want to stop New Zealand dairy imports. Audio

Opposition parties say changes to Kiwisaver rules to allow more money to be taken out for house deposits do not go nearly far enough to help first home buyers. 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

News from the rural and farming sector Audio

Pacific News for 12 August 2013 Audio

Police still seeking man in relation to abduction in Panmure; Housing key focus of National Party conference; Govt housing announcement symbolic, nothing more - analyst; Sri Lanka accused of taking… Read more Audio

Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio