Morning Report

Labour's leader David Shearer joins us now in our Auckland studio. Audio

The Labour Party's political opponents say its promise to stop overseas investors buying New Zealand houses is desperate, xenophobic and racist. Audio

Joining us now is the investigative journalist Nicky Hager. Audio

The former chief of the Defence Force, Sir Bruce Ferguson, says a leaked Defence Force document that calls investigative journalists subversives who pose a similar threat to security as criminals and… Read more Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

A former Chief of Defence, Sir Bruce Ferguson, says it is concerning that defence chiefs have singled out investigative journalists as a subversive threat to the country. Audio

The Minister of Finance, Bill English, says Maori economic development is becoming less dependent on the government; A petition with nearly two-thousand signatures calling for Poverty Bay to be called… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

The Green Party co-leader, Russel Norman, has welcomed a Labour Party promise to ban foreigners living abroad from buying homes in New Zealand. Audio

Former Chief of Defence Force concerned, Defence documents ranks investigative journalists as threat, Labour's housing policy labelled desperate and racist, Labour wants to restrict foreign ownershop… Read more Audio

Let's cross to Melbourne now for a chat with our correspondent Donna Demaio. Audio