Morning Report

Experts trying to restore Christchurch's busted sewerage system have faced up to concerned residents about what happened when raw sewage was allowed to flow directly into the sea in the months after… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister, John Key, may make a trip to Australia in the coming weeks to meet with its Prime Minister-elect, Tony Abbott. Mr Abbott's Liberal-National Coalition won this weekend's election… Read more Audio

A Maori nurses union says there aren't enough Maori health workers to cope with the growing Maori population, and the government needs to take action; New Zealand First says the Government needs to… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

Tokyo has overcome the Fukushima nuclear crisis to win the right to host the 2020 Olympics. The decision has been met with jubilation in Japan, which has been struggling to recover from the 2011… Read more Audio

Australia's new Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, says his top priorities in office are to scrap the carbon tax and to stop asylum-seekers arriving by boat - but the changes pledged by Australia's new… Read more Audio

Labour vowing unity whichever leader chosen; Abbott gets straight to work; Team New Zealand to meet Oracle for second day of America's Cup; John Kerry in Paris bolstering support for strike on Syria… Read more Audio

Australian correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh predicted a Liberal Coalition victory on Morning Report on Friday. She has the final word in today's Australian Election Special. Audio

John Hewson was federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia from 1990 to 1994. He lost 1993 federal election to Paul Keating. Tony Abbott was his press secretary. He comments on Abbot's election… Read more Audio

Grahame Morris, a lobbyist and former chief of staff to John Howard and Simon Banks who has worked on five federal election campaigns for Labor and was Kevin Rudd's chief of staff discuss the election… Read more Audio

Australia is our closest neighbour and our biggest trading partner. Prime Minister John Key on what the election means for New Zealand. Audio