Morning Report

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

A collective of North Island iwi is considering buying and operating its own fishing vessel following changes to the way foreign fishing boats must operate in local waters; Lawyers for Te Whanau a… Read more Audio

This month scientists will be scouring sandy beaches and rocky shorelines in the Bay of Plenty as they try to work out how the environment has fared since the container ship Rena ran aground eight… Read more Audio

Conservation minded scientists urging protection for New Zealand's long-finned eel say they are outraged at the discovery the fish are ending up as pet food. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio