Morning Report

A depressing income forecast for farmers next year could result in some already cash-tight dairy farming businesses collapsing. Audio

The lawyer for a 16-year-old girl who was strip-searched and held in a police cell for more than 36 hours says recommendations in a newly published report would have helped stop the incident… Read more Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

There's been widespread support for a report calling for an overhaul of the way police handle teenage offenders but youth justice advocates say proper funding will be essential if it's to succeed. Audio

A Tuhoe leader says the Waitangi Tribunal has delivered a penetrating, sound and honest report on how the Crown treated the iwi and Te Urewera over the past 116 years; The former chairman of the… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

The Finance Minister says if the High Court finds in the Government's favour next month then the rest of its partial asset sales programme should go as planned. Audio

President Obama and Mitt Romney have come face to face for the last time before the US election. Audio

Youth Court chief judge wants teenagers kept out of cells; Farmer's income forecast may signal business collapses; BBC chief says sex abuse claims 'very grave'; 'Cliffhanger' US election awaits on… Read more Audio

Some people may be surprised to learn that quake-battered Christchurch has been included in the Lonely Planet travel guide's list of the top ten cities in the world to visit. Audio

New Zealand veterans of the North Africa Campaign during the second World War are on their way home after attending the 70th anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein in Egypt. Audio