Morning Report

Science and rap may seem like they have little in common, but one American biology teacher is bringing them together. Audio

Stretching the household budget could be getting marginally easier with cheaper prices for milk, cheese and butter on the back of a global slump in dairy prices. Audio

The former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer is to lead an investigation into whether the capital could be turned in to a super city. Audio

Auckland Council has been told it's not giving any priority to meeting Maori needs through its planned spending over the next decade; A Resource Centre in Wairoa which Ngati Kahungunu iwi set up to… Read more Audio

A Pakistani doctor thought to have helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden in Pakistan has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason. In a case that is expected to heighten tensions between… Read more Audio

A law specialist says there seems to be a growing trend towards plea bargaining in New Zealand courts which runs the risk of people getting off on lesser charges. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The newborn son of a woman who died soon after giving birth at a Huntly birthing unit has died after two days in intensive care. The baby's mother, 20-year-old Casey Nathan, was rushed from Huntly… Read more Audio

Shareholders have launched legal action against Facebook and its underwriters over the company's increasingly controversial flotation. Audio

Navy divers will arrive at Lake Sumner in North Canterbury later today, to help search for a helicopter believed to have crashed there. The helicopter and its pilot, Michael Graeme Mehrtens, went… Read more Audio

Dick Hubbard has seen a number of Budget's come and go, since he founded his Hubbards cereal company more than two decades ago. Audio