Morning Report

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

After 30 years of debate, the South Otago town of Balclutha will do up its main street, at a cost of two-point-six million dollars. Audio

A health and disability advocate says patients being ordered by judges to undergo psychiatric treatment need a "less scary process" to fight compulsory treatment. Audio

Housing New Zealand tenants around South Auckland are up in arms at having to wait months for what they say are shoddy and unsafe repair jobs on their homes. Audio

A tourism heavyweight and former Queenstown mayor says Milford tourism will continue to suffer because of the decision not to build the Milford Dart tunnel. Audio

The families of the men who died in the Pike River coal mine explosion are disappointed but not entirely surprised by a police decision not to prosecute anyone in Pike River Coal management over the… Read more Audio

Despite it being close to seventy years since the end of the Second World War, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre says it has not given up chasing Nazi war criminals. Audio

While the former South African President Nelson Mandela remains in his hospital bed, the country is preparing to celebrate his 95th birthday. Audio

A New Zealand investment banker based in China says authorities there are forcing some importers to cut their prices - and New Zealand's biggest company has been caught up in the crackdown. Audio

Changes to Auckland's hotly debated growth blueprint appear to have satisfied many of the leaders of communities worried about higher density housing. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Mental health and human rights advocates are alarmed by the growing numbers of people being compelled to accept treatment for mental disorders. Audio