Morning Report

It was the Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman who called for the review of the Defence Order. Audio

The US newspaper publishers that Jon Stephenson worked for in Aghanistan last year says the monitoring of the phone calls of journalists would be a worrying new step in surveillance. Audio

An unpublicised report by the Hawke's Bay Regional Council says as many as a thousand people in the small town of Waipawa could be killed if dam proposed to be built thirty five kilometres north west… Read more Audio

It's still not yet known what caused a bus to crash through a barrier and plunge 30 metres into a ravine in southern Italy. Audio

Pope Francis has said gay people should not be marginalised, but integrated into society. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Lawyers for the German-born internet entrepreneur, Kim Dotcom take their fight to the Supreme Court today to get access to the evidence United States prosecutors plan to use against him. Audio

Eleven National Party websites are down this morning after an online message claiming it was part of a protest against new spy legislation. Audio

A long-awaited report into the treatment of mental health patients with an anaethestic drug that's also used as a horse tranquilliser has cleared a senior Dunedin-based pyschiatrist. Audio

Joining us now from Greece is journalist, Jon Stephenson. Audio

The investigative journalist, Nicky Hager, is standing by his story that the Defence Force monitored the phone calls of a freelance journalist when he was in Afghanistan, despite the Force's adamant… Read more Audio

A Hawkes Bay Regional Council report says if the proposed 600-million-dollar Ruataniwha Dam failed in an earthquake it would have catastrophic consequences for the Central Hawke's Bay town of Waipawa.