Morning Report

The Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, needs to convice US voters that he can be a better leader than Barack Obama when he takes to the stage in Tampa, Florida today. Audio

Miners facing redundancy from Solid Energy's coal mines in Huntly and Greymouth are already signing up with Australian recruitment companies. Audio

A lower North Island iwi has reached agreement on a major treaty settlement, which includes recognition that the tribe has rights over the haka, Ka Mate. Audio

More than 90 asylum seekers heading for Australia are now assumed to have drowned, after their boat sank off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday. Audio

Eighteen and 19 year olds will still be able to buy alcohol both in pubs and in shops, after MPs voted down the parts of the alcohol reform bill relating to purchase age. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

South African state prosecutors have charged the 270 miners, who were arrested two weeks ago at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, with the murder of 34 of their colleagues. Audio

Eighteen and 19 year olds will still be able to buy alcohol both in pubs and in shops, following a vote in Parliament on the issue last night. Audio

A framework agreement to look after the Whanganui River which was signed off at parliament yesterday has been put into operation; A Ministry of Social Development manager is rejecting a suggestion… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

Well, a bionic man might still be a while away, but researchers in Australia have tested a prototype bionic eye. Audio