Morning Report

The Education Minister, Hekia Parata, says the policy was a trade-off from the outset, but it was a trade-off parents couldn't accept. Audio

School principals say they are delighted with the government's backdown on staffing ratios that would have increased class sizes at schools around the country. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Government's backdown on larger class sizes has prompted calls for the Prime Minister to remove Hekia Parata from the education portfolio. Audio

A Hauraki iwi is considering seeking an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing over plans to return fourteen Auckland mountains to a group of tribes; A welfare support group in Auckland is against a… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

The fire service was called to the Backbencher pub, opposite the grounds of Parliament, at a quarter to five this morning. Audio

Teachers and parents took to the streets of Henderson last night to celebrate what they're calling a big victory for the education sector. Audio

Class size backdown, Syria massacre, John Key in Germany, power outages in Christchurch. Audio

Alison Ballance, from Radio New Zealand's Our Changing World programme, joined the crowds gathered at the Hauiti marae at Tolaga Bay yesterday morning to take part in the 2012 Transit of Venus Project… Read more Audio

Prisons have recorded a big surge in complaints about the food they're serving up with official figures showing inmates are now laying almost twice as many food complaints as they did in 2008. Audio