Morning Report

The State-Owned Enterprises Minister, Tony Ryall, has conceded it is unlikely Kiwirail will meet the financial target set by the Government. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The French President, Francois Hollande, has promised to do all he can to provide security in the city of Amiens, after fierce clashes triggered by high unemployment and tension over police spot… Read more Audio

Paul Ryan has had a bit of a rough start to his campaign to become the next US Vice President. Audio

The Far North mayor Wayne Brown has won the backing of iwi leaders for local government reform in the north - by offering Maori seats at the council table. Audio

Heavy rain in South Canterbury and North Otago may have eased slightly but the region's rivers are continuing to flow at dangerously high levels. Audio

Most of the New Zealand Olympic team arrive back in the country this morning. Audio

The Transport Agency may soon be allowed to borrow large sums of money to fund roading projects. Audio

The police, local MPs and senior officials will face worried Whanganui locals this afternoon at a meeting in the city about the release of the serial sex offender, Stewart Murray Wilson. Audio

The inquest into the Fox Glacier skydiver aircraft crash, has heard harrowing eyewitness accounts of the moment the airplane plummeted to the ground. Audio

There has been a major attack in Afghanistan by a gang of suicide bombers in a location rarely touched by the years of violence. Audio