Morning Report

In the Waikato town of Te Aroha, the community hospital is pulling out all of the stops for the Shakeout. Audio

This morning one-point-three million people will dive under their desks to escape an imaginary earthquake. Audio

The United States president, Barack Obama, has accused Iran of keeping a dictatorship in power in Syria. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Kea Petroleum - a British oil and gas exploration company - has discovered one of its Taranaki sites has enough oil to make extraction commercially viable. Audio

The principal of Shirley Boys' High in the east of Christchurch has given a personal guarantee that the school won't close or merge with another, even though those are the options being considered by… Read more Audio

Nicola Toki from Forest and Bird, which also has an appeal against the Bathurst mine. Audio

The Economic Development Minister has told those lamenting the loss of mining jobs at State-owned Solid Energy to support fast tracking new mines on the West Coast. Audio

Lawyers for Kim Dotcom will be back in court today today thrashing out the case around the illegal surveillance of the internet millionaire by the Government's spy agency. Audio

The government in Bamiyan province is warning the security situation there is getting worse just as the final contingent of New Zealand soldiers is about to arrive in Afghanistan. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The internet millionaire Kim Dotcom will be back in court today as political pressure mounts on the Government over its handling of his case. Audio