Morning Report

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

One of the Christchurch suburbs badly hit in the Canterbury earthquakes is being rebranded as the Sydenham Quarter - a future haven for artists, artisans and industrialists alike. Audio

Auckland District Health Board says it is clamping down on all unnecessary spending in a bid to rein in a new deficit quickly. Audio

Britain issues a grim warning over the future of the Eurozone ahead of what looms as a crucial G8 summit this weekend. The Housing Minister explains why the government pulled the plug on its Gateway… Read more Audio

A teenage soldier's First World War diaries transformed into an illustrated book by his grandson has won New Zealand Post Book of the Year award. Nice day for a war was writtenby Matt Elliott about… Read more Audio

The prosecution in the murder trial of Elliot Turner says his New Zealand girlfriend didn't stand a chance against him. Audio

A Whanganui tertiary institution says it's prepared to fight side by side with local iwi to build a Maori education facility on the site of the old Native Land Court building; A Northland kaumatua has… Read more Audio

The wind energy industry is hailing research that predicts a big fall in the cost of using windfarms to generate electricity. Audio

A teaching tool designed by a Christchurch woman, and turned into computer software by her dyslexic son, is about to go global. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The defence is due to begin its case in the trial of the so-called runaway millionaire today. Audio