Morning Report

The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, has suggested older New Zealanders will feel insulted if details emerge of the cafe conversation between John Key and John Banks. Audio

A central North Island iwi has won its bid for a court hearing if all eight tribes involved in a Treaty deal can't decide how to divide up a huge forestry block; A grandson of one of two Maori… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

The New Zealand First party leader, Winston Peters says John Key may have made derogatory comments about elderly voters during his cup of tea with John Banks. Audio

Winston Peters says teapot tapes would shock older voters, Phil Goff says Key should respect older voters, Zac Guildford back in New Zealand, Cook Island News editor on Guildford return, Green Party… Read more Audio

It's the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in New Zealand, and the only metropolitan daily that's still independently owned. It's chronicled a gold rush, two world wars, Sir Edmund Hillary's… Read more Audio

A school that has had a year-long campaign for survival wants a judicial review of the Education Minister's decision to close it. Anne Tolley last week announced her intention to shut Kawerau… Read more Audio

The Christchurch City Council has faced tough questioning at the Royal Commission into the Canterbury earthquakes over its role in ensuring buildings are earthquake strengthened. Audio

An Auckland social services provider says it's extraordinarily surprised the National Party isn't committing to expanding Whanau Ora - when it's failed to fix intergenerational Maori failure; The… Read more Audio

Jordan's King Abdullah says the Syrian president should resign in the interests of his country. He is the first Arab leader to call on Bashar al-Assad to step down since Syria began its violent… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio