Morning Report

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Ministry of Justice has dismissed a claim by the Maori Council's barrister, that he's not receiving enough legal aid; The Green Party MP, Catherine Delahunty, is standing by her comment that the… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

Teachers and principals want their standard-setting and disciplinary body, the Teachers Council, to shrug off government influence and become entirely independent. Audio

Thousands of Home Office workers in Britain including Customs officers are to stage a 24-hour strike on the eve of the Olympic Games. Audio

The Syrian Government launches a full military assault on the rebels in Damascus. Confidential medical records found on a Christchurch street and Whittall wants Pike Royal Commission re-opened. Audio

A Dunedin university student is willing to pay four-thousand dollars to a government-funded genetics service and become the first New Zealander to buy a map of his own DNA. Audio

The Court of Appeal ruled that, in Christchurch in 2007, the Takamore whanau had acted illegally in removing the body of a family member, but this week their lawyers told the Supreme Court they were… Read more Audio

Evidence at the inquest for the missing Auckland woman, Iraena Asher, has concluded and the coroner will deliver his findings on her presumed death later this morning. Audio

East Coast iwi makes another legal bid to stop deepwater oil prospecting off its coastline; Corporal Willie Apiata is joining ranks of South Auckland outdoor pursuits centre, after yesterday… Read more Audio

New Zealanders with birth defects caused by the drug Thalidomide, who have never received compensation, could now do so after a ground-breaking settlement in Australia. Audio