Morning Report

Rescue efforts under way from both Australia and Indonesia as boats carrying up to two hundred asylum seekers capsize in the Indian Ocean. The Bali bombmaker is sentenced to 20 years in jail and more… Read more Audio

Six thousand New Zealanders served with the RAF's Bomber Command in World War Two; nearly a third of them never came home. Audio

Today is Mataraki - the Maori new year - but the Maori Party says it now has NO plans to push for Matariki to become a public holiday; The Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, says there should be a… Read more Audio

Some secondary principals say they are being forced to discriminate against children with special needs. Audio

An ACC lobby group says the government's rejection of a proposal to return to the pay-as-you-go funding model shows it may still want to privatise the Accident Corporation. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

A former assistant police commissioner says it will be a long and difficult process to find the killer of Auckland woman Jane Furlong. Audio

The Labour Party has accused the Government of sitting on money set aside to provide skills training needed for the Canterbury earthquake rebuild. Audio

The Environment Minister, Amy Adams, also gave her opening address to the summit overnight. Audio

A 17 year old Wellington school girl has opened the Rio Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro challenging leaders by asking whether they are there to save the world, or simply save face. Audio

BP leads petrol price drop to under $2 a litre Audio