Morning Report

Sports commentators Keith Quinn and John McBeth not only watched Jock Hobbs as a player, they were also good friends. They both speak to Morning Report and reminisce on the wonderful life of the rugby… Read more Audio

The current chief executive of the New Zealand Rugby Union, Steve Tew says Jock Hobbs had carefully planned New Zealand's winning bid for the 2011 Rugby World Cup every step of the way. Audio

A Director of Crest Energy says its tidal turbine project in Kaipara Harbour is legitimate, and should go ahead despite opposition by local Maori, who have imposed a rahui or customary ban over the… Read more Audio

Papua New Guinea's law reform commission is proposing scrapping the country's Sorcery Act which differentiates between good and bad sorcery. It has been used as a defense for attacks on people who are… Read more Audio

Rising power prices mean more people are struggling to pay their bills, according to the Citizens Advice Bureau. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Secondary schools across Auckland will empty out over the next four days as thousands of students swap the classroom for the stage as the 37th annual Polyfest cultural competition gets underway today.

A lawyer specialising in ACC claims, Hazel Armstrong, says compensation should be offered to the 6,000 claimants whose privacy was breached when their records were accidently emailed to another ACC… Read more Audio

A barrister specialising in privacy law, John Edwards, talks to the programme about the confidential employee information being leaked to a third party in the Ports of Auckland industrial dispute -… Read more Audio

The Council of Trade Unions President, Helen Kelly, says there's no doubt in her mind that it was the Ports of Auckland company that leaked the confidential information about a striking worker after… Read more Audio

A Queenstown court has been told the pilot of a Pacific Blue 737, which flew out of the resort town in near darkness and an approaching storm in June 2010, left no safe options to save his passengers… Read more Audio