Morning Report

With cordons in place in parts of the central city and some streets closed, the assessment of earthquake damage in central Wellington will continue throughout the morning. Audio

The second Ashes cricket test is over and England have gone two-nil up, beating Australia by 347 runs at Lord's. Audio

Veterans from two New Zealand navy ships sent to protest against French atmospheric nuclear testing at Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific in 1973, are demanding answers about whether they were exposed to… Read more Audio

There are concerns the Government's idea of raising Kiwisaver thresholds for first-time home buyers will not help them get a foot on the property ladder and could even push prices higher. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The Government says a new policy on asylum seekers in Australia justifies the recent law change it made to deal with any mass arrivals of boat people. Audio

A woman who used to live in the Christchurch housing complex where another woman was found dead at the weekend says assaults and altercations are all too common there. Audio

The earthquake has been reported around the world, but the subtleties of New Zealand geography escaped the Guardian Express in Las Vegas. Audio

The earthquake was felt as far afield as Te Awamutu and Christchurch, with residents from all the places in between describing it as extremely frightening. Audio

Not everyone caught in the earthquake was rattled... Audio

Reporter Jonathan Mitchell was out and about in central Wellington. Audio

The top of the South Island was also affected by last night's big earthquake, with its epicentre being twenty kilometres east of Seddon in Marlborough, and just twenty minutes from Blenheim. Audio