Morning Report

Some businesses affected by the Maui gas leak say they'll most likely have to bear the cost of being disconnected for close to a week, as their high insurance excesses mean it's not worth claiming. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

New Zealand First is optimistic it'll get enough of the party vote to return to Parliament in November's election. The leader, Winston Peters, told supporters at his party's campaign launch that this… Read more Audio

The Maori Party has started its election campaign by drawing a clear line between it and the Mana Party. It'll be the last campaign for the co-leaders Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia who won't stand… Read more Audio

The coroner investigating the death of the toddler Aisling Symes, whose disappearance sparked a week-long police hunt, has called for a major overhaul of the country's manholes. Audio

Critics of the Labour party's policy to fund half the Auckland city rail link say the proposal is populist and shortsighted. Audio

More than a thousand tonnes of oil has now been pumped off the stricken container vessel, Rena, since it grounded off the coast of Tauranga three-and-a-half weeks ago. Audio

The National Party has launched its election campaign with a promise on asset sales aimed at heading off ongoing public concerns about its planned privatisation programme. Audio

Air New Zealand's general manager for Australasia, Bruce Parton, says the airline will see some benefits from the Qantas grounding. Audio

An independent tribunal in Australia has ordered an end to the bitter industrial dispute between Qantas and three unions that left the carrier's flights around the world grounded. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

National says it would ring-fence any profits made from partial asset sales and put the money into a new infrastructure fund. Audio