Morning Report

Qantas will give away 100,000 tickets worth $20 million as its way of saying "sorry" to passengers affected by the grounding of its entire fleet. Audio

Six pioneering astronauts have emerged bleary-eyed, but smiling, after spending 520 days in windowless, cramped cells in Moscow. It's hoped the experiment, called Mars500, will help identify whether… Read more Audio

Ngati Whatua o Orakei says it's now severed its ties with the Crown and can be its own boss - after resolving its Treaty claim at the weekend;  The Maori arm of the Anglican church in Aotearoa has put… Read more Audio

The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission will hear this week that the cost of upgrading the city's unreinforced masonry buildings is more than the buildings are worth. Audio

It's a year since the kiwifruit vine-killing disease PSA was first discovered in a Bay of Plenty orchard. Dozens of hectares of vines have already been cut down, costing growers millions of dollars in… Read more Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Wellington's legendary Taniwha is being invoked to fend off the Wellywood sign. The huge eye of a Taniwha has made the final list of three signs to adorn a hillside above the Wellington airport. Audio

The Arab League will meet this weekend to discuss the situation in Syria, after more reported deaths at the hands of government forces in the city of Homs. Audio

All new prisoners will soon be screened for mental illness, after a pilot programme found too many were going undiagnosed. Audio

The Green Party is proposing a public KiwiSaver provider, which it says would boost peoples' retirement savings by up to $64,000. The party's co-leader, Russel Norman, says a public provider would… Read more Audio

New Zealand First says it would rather be in Opposition in the next Parliament, than work with any of the other main parties. The Party leader Winston Peters has ruled out working with National… Read more Audio