Morning Report

Staying with rates and further north, the embattled mayor of the Kaipara District has welcomed an offer of help from the government to tackle its rates and debt crisis. Audio

The Christchurch City Council will this morning begin hearing from about two hundred locals keen to have their say on the draft annual plan for the quake-damaged city. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The former editor of the News of the World has been arrested under suspicion of perjury, the latest development in the phone hacking scandal that has engulfed British media and politics. Audio

The British Supreme Court has ruled that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can be extradicted to Sweden, where he'll face sex offence allegations. Audio

The Auditor-General is to widen an investigation into the Labour MP Shane Jones' decision on an immigration application to include the department's own processes. Audio

The sister of one of the 29 men killed in the Pike River explosions says her family is relieved all the talk about getting the men out is over. Audio

Firefighters in Doha have told of the devastating scene as they tried in vain to rescue the children trapped in this week's shopping mall fire. Audio

The parents of the triplets who died in a shopping mall fire in Doha have spoken publicly about the love and joy the children brought to their lives. Audio

There are calls for the Government to make more elderly people pay for their own residential care, in order to fix chronic underfunding of the sector. Audio

Police investigating the of a Czech tourist in Central Otago say the last sighting of her could help yield vital clues about what happened in the lead up to her death. Audio