Morning Report

The Labour Party says first home buyers will bear the brunt of Reserve Bank restrictions on low-deposit home loans that are expected to be announced this week. Audio

Former Ministry of Transport and airline industry chief executive Stewart Milne led the think-tank that says some kind of road-pricing will be required by 2021, and the decisions on it will have to be… Read more Audio

Business owners and commercial road users are throwing their support behind funding proposals for Auckland's transport projects, despite the Government shooting down much of the plan just hours after… Read more Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The independent MP, Peter Dunne, supports calls for the Government to find out how much it would cost to have the SIS eavesdrop on New Zealanders and intercept their emails. Audio

Business owners and commercial road users are throwing their support behind funding proposals which include higher rates and fuel taxes to free up Auckland's gridlocked roads, but the Government has… Read more Audio

A Bay of Plenty iwi, Ngati Makino, says it's losing money by helping to clean up the mess left behind by the Rena disaster - but the tribe says it's worth it; The head of the Maori Affairs Select… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

Auckland transport, Reserve Bank restrictions, Army brothers' compensation, GCSB cost, NCEA pass rates. Audio

A new poll is out and Labor's Kevin Rudd is making headway against the Abbott's coalition, with significant gains as preferred PM. Could Malcolm Turnbull return as the opposition leader? Audio

The future heir to the British throne has not yet been identified as male or female, let alone been named, but that doesn't stop speculation on both counts and our royal commentator Richard… Read more Audio