Morning Report

The European Union has imposed further sanctions on Syria over the government's attacks on opposition supporters. Audio

After more than one hundred years of operation, the Otago Rugby Union will ask the High Court to place it in liquidation this week, leaving 180 trade creditors, the Dunedin City Council and the BNZ… Read more Audio

Lobby groups against poverty say the latest slew of changes to welfare undermine beneficiary parents and penalise their children. The Government has announced the first stage of welfare changes that… Read more Audio

The company behind the Yellow Pages is slashing 125 jobs, mainly sales positions, at the business directory. The Yellow Pages Group, which is owned by a consortium of banks, says the cuts - which… Read more Audio

China is now New Zealand's number one source of imports. In the past year the rising world power has overtaken Australia as this country's key source of goods and services. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

An employment law specialist says Ports of Auckland may have a case if it decides to sue the Maritime Union. The port is considering legal action, after a shipping company claimed a union member had… Read more Audio

Bret McKenzie has won an OSCAR for a song made for The Muppets. His father Peter couldn't be prouder. Audio

The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard's decisive win in the leadership ballot has not put an end to the political drama across the Tasman, with the assistant treasurer Mark Arbib unexpectedly… Read more Audio

After 131 years, Otago's Rugby Union is just days away from being wound up, owing hundreds of thousands of dollars to more than a hundred tradespeople, and the BNZ. Audio

The government's being accused of forcing people off of welfare when there are no jobs for them to go to. Legislation containing the first stage of the Government's changes to the welfare system will… Read more Audio

An Italian Cruise ship, owned by the same company as the Costa Concordia, is adrift in the Indian ocean after a fire broke out on board. Audio