Morning Report

Christmas Island is preparing its hospital and medical staff to deal with up to 200 asylum seekers after the boat they were on capsized en route to Australia. Audio

A former Ngai Tahu Fisheries employee turned MP, says companies have enough time to prepare for the re-flagging of foreign charter vessels, and should stop focusing on projected financial losses; An… Read more Audio

A former Ngai Tahu Fisheries employee turned MP, says companies have enough time to prepare for the re-flagging of foreign charter vessels, and should stop focusing on projected financial losses; An… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

The pilot of a warplane reported missing by the Syrian Air Force during a training mission has flown to neighbouring Jordan where he has been granted asylum. Audio

The Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has addressed both Houses of Parliament at London's historic Westminster Hall- a privilege normally reserved for heads of state alone. Audio

Rescue efforts under way from both Australia and Indonesia as boats carrying up to two hundred asylum seekers capsize in the Indian Ocean. The Bali bombmaker is sentenced to 20 years in jail and more… Read more Audio

Six thousand New Zealanders served with the RAF's Bomber Command in World War Two; nearly a third of them never came home. Audio

Today is Mataraki - the Maori new year - but the Maori Party says it now has NO plans to push for Matariki to become a public holiday; The Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, says there should be a… Read more Audio

Some secondary principals say they are being forced to discriminate against children with special needs. Audio

An ACC lobby group says the government's rejection of a proposal to return to the pay-as-you-go funding model shows it may still want to privatise the Accident Corporation. Audio