Morning Report

Education correspondent John Gerritsen analyses the government backdown on class sizes. Audio

Education groups say they are thrilled by the government's decision to halt its plan to change class sizes in schools. Audio

Federated Farmers says changes to a bill paving the way for outside investment in Fonterra have given it greater confidence the proposals can be passed without jeopardising farmer control of the… Read more Audio

Samoans could soon find it easier to qualify for residency in New Zealand and to get skilled seasonal work here, under immigration changes now being negotiated. Audio

The Ministry of Education is again reviewing the Correspondence School - as teachers say they've lost confidence in the school's leadership. Audio

Councils up and down the country have been holding hearings in recent weeks on their long term plans . Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Hundreds of people in Christchurch have spent a second night without power after this week's Canterbury snowstorm. Audio

The Prime Minister has been defending the Government's backdown on education policies to reporters in Hamburg. Audio

With the Government backing down on its education changes, attention is turning to how the Government will handle another of its more controversial policies, the partial sale of some state owned… Read more Audio

The massacre in Syria of at least 78 people, many of them women and children, has outraged normally measured diplomats at the United Nations. Audio

Political editor Brent Edwards discusses the back down. Audio