Morning Report

Thousands of Maori and Pacific men with painful gout now have better access to an effective drug that's been largely unavailable until now. The improved access comes after a six-year struggle by… Read more Audio

A Maori consultancy firm is thinking of ways to protect manuka honey products after research has found properties of manuka honey can be chemically faked; The leader of a Nelson iwi says some of its… Read more Audio

Thirty New Zealand veterans of the Korean War are returning this week to Korea to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice that brought an uneasy truce between North and South Korea. Audio

Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a son. The news has been greeted with joy by Monarchy New Zealand, which describes the event as :"a great moment in the continuity of Aotearoa's… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The planned change to the law governing the Government Security and Communications Bureau, has been criticised by opposition parties as posing an undue risk to the privacy of ordinary citizens. Audio

A new law allowing the Government's external spy agency to turn its gaze on New Zealanders looks set to go ahead after Peter Dunne said he was now prepared to support the change. Green Party co-leader… Read more Audio

Richard Fitzwilliam was one of the royal-watchers among the hundreds of journalists outside the hospital. Audio

A frenzy of fans and media from around the world has greeted news of the royal birth with wild cheers, as they waited outside St Mary's Hospital in London's Paddington on one of the hottest days of… Read more Audio

Seismologists are considering the possibility that the current cluster of earthquakes centered on Seddon in Marlborough are being driven by a previously unidentified faultline. Audio

152 asylum seekers in Nauru are due to appear in court after a riot at the Australian-run detention centre that caused almost $70 million in damage. Audio