Morning Report

The United Future President, Robin Gunston, says the party will need financial backing if it is to be successful in 2014, especially if the MMP thresholds are changed and it can no longer bring in MPs… Read more Audio

The Chief Coroner, Judge Neil MacLean, who called an urgent review into huffing in July, after two Mosgiel teenagers suffered critical injuries when an LPG cylinder they were understood to be huffing… Read more Audio

A Christchurch woman who lives close to where a 17-year-old girl was inhaling what's believed to have been butane gas shortly before her death on Saturday, says she hopes the incident will deter her… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The Norwegian Broadcasting Service's Tomm Kristiansen has been a regular contributer to Morning Report during Breivik's 10-week trial, he says there's a sense of relief all over the country with the… Read more Audio

Calls for a capital gains tax reignited after Inland Revenue published figures revealing just half of all New Zealanders worth more than $50-million are paying the top personal tax rate. Audio

The first human to set foot on the Moon has taken the final step in his journey. Neil Armstrong's biographer Dr James Hansen describes the space pioneer's life. Audio

Syrian opposition activists have accused President Bashar al-Assad's army of massacring hundreds of people in the town of Daraya, close to the capital Damascus. Audio

The Maori Party is meeting the Government this morning to urge it to take account of last Friday's Waitangi Tribunal report into water and delay the sale of shares in Mighty River Power. Audio

The Government has been accused of trying to downplay the dangers posed by people who take illegal drugs and then drive. Audio

The lawyer acting for serial sex offender Stewart Murray Wilson is confident he can convince the High Court to reduce the restrictions that are to be imposed on his client. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio