Morning Report

A group of Maori Wardens is calling on Auckland Council to buy their base, instead off selling it off; Te Runanga o Waihao in Waimate says it's a relief that a mataitai reserve has been established in… Read more Audio

Staying with South Africa, an African anti-apartheid campaigner who testified against the Rugby Union to stop the All Blacks' touring South Africa in 1985, will today visit the NZRU headquarters in… Read more Audio

South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, has declared a national week of mourning for the 34 people killed when police opened fire on striking mine workers. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

From today, a new company is in charge of running the country's biggest payroll, which delivers more than 150 million in salaries and wages each fortnight to a hundred thousand teachers and other… Read more Audio

Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad has made his first appearance in public since a bomb attack in Damascus last month killed several senior officials. Audio

An offshore search has been underway for an hour this morning for the bodies of the two people still missing after they fell off New Plymouth's Paritutu Rock and into the sea 12 days ago. Audio

The Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, has hit out at the United States in his first public address since seeking refuge at Ecuador's embassy two months ago. Audio

Three New Zealand soldiers serving with the provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan's Bamyan province have been killed by a roadside bomb. Audio

A legal challenge to the strict release conditions imposed by the Parole Board on serial sex offender Stewart Murray Wilson heads to the High Court today. Audio

Auckland's one hundred million dollar public transport ticket project could be about to take an expensive U-turn. Audio