Morning Report

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Act Party leader, John Banks, is now talking in more detail about accusations relating to his 2010 mayoral campaign donations, saying his initial refusal to comment was in response to legal… Read more Audio

The Government has set up a reference group to advise Ministers on how to increase the number of high quality Te Reo Maori speaking teachers; Meanwhile the Whangarei based Ngati Hine Health Trust… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

The contentious issue of collecting and storing personal data in a digital age has been at the centre of a major conference in Wellington this week. Audio

Banks insists he didn't know donations came from Dotcom; Political editor assess impact donation controversy; Search to continue for crayfish fishermen; Suspected card skimmers stopped at Auckland… Read more Audio

The hammer has fallen for the last time at the Customs and Police auction after it was axed by the company that hosts them. Turners has been running the auctions for 15 years, but now says it can make… Read more Audio

Plans for one of New Zealand's leading medal sports at this year's London Olympics have been thrown into disarray with the overnight cancellation of the Badminton Horse Trials in England. Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal says it's overloaded with work due to an unprecedented increase in applications for urgent hearings; The former Maori Party MP, Rahui Katene, says she's helped revive the Maori… Read more Audio

The introduction of a new kind of health worker has passed the first hurdle with a glowing report card but faces further evaluation. Audio

The Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully is in Fiji leading a delegation of Pacific Islands Forum ministers discussing the 2014 elections with the interim government. Audio