Morning Report

The advisory group set up by the government to look at the welfare system says it is happy National has accepted a significant number of its recommendations. Audio

The stricken containership, the Rena, has remained intact overnight. Audio

About 100 meatworkers, many of them Maori, will today continue to picket outside CMP Rangitikei lamb processing plant at Marton in the central North Island; Annual spending on overseas travel has more… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

As dawn breaks over the Bay of Plenty, it's not yet clear how the stranded tanker Rena has come through the night. Audio

A social work expert says the National Party's welfare policy doesn't deal with the growing problem of child poverty. Audio

Rena remains intact - for now; critics say National's welfare policy panders to heartland; National's Bennett and Labour's King debate welfare reform; stock markets plunge on news that Greece will… Read more Audio

The tours will allow people to see the earthquake damage closeup for the first time since the earthquake struck in February. Audio

It's the first Tuesday in November plus the biggest day for bookies and the TAB alike. At 5pm today, New Zealand time, two nations will virtually stop for three-and-a-half minutes. Our correspondent… Read more Audio

The farmer owned and supplied Alliance Group of meat processors and exporters has confirmed 250 jobs are to go as its Sockburn plant in Christchurch closes. Audio

Principals say their schools will lose even more money before the end of the year and they cannot afford it. Audio