Morning Report

Prime Minister John Key has promised the Maori Party there'll be no foreshore and seabed-style legislation that extinguishes Maori claims to water. The Maori party's co-leader Dr Pita Sharples talks… Read more Audio

A founding member of the main Syrian opposition group, the Syrian National Council, who is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Arkansas in the United States, Najib Ghadbian, says the… Read more Audio

In what some observers are calling a turning point in the conflict in Syria, three senior figures in President Assad's government have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in Damascus. Correspondent… Read more Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Corporal Apiata, who's been a soldier for 23 years and a member of the New Zealand Special Air Service for the past 10 years, wants to pursue other goals and spend more time with his family. The… Read more Audio

Their differences stemmed from Prime Minister John Key's comments about the Government's ability to ignore the Waitangi Tribunal's ruling into a hearing over water rights. Audio

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

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

The latest from Syria and the suicide bombing that's killed three senior government figures; were Fijian politicians lives at risk in NZ?; water rights and the Treaty of Waitangi; Corporal Apiata… Read more Audio

The French rugby captain, Thierry Dusatoir, has complained the All Blacks did not respect his side at the Rugby World Cup. Audio

Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Tokyo urging the Japanese Government to abandon nuclear power. Audio