Morning Report

Doubt hangs over the future of New Zealand's oldest and largest book retailer after its Australian parent company called in the administrators. Audio

A tourist boat has sunk in one of Vietnam most popular tourist attractions, Halong Bay, killing 12 people. Audio

The new Super Rugby competition gets underway tonight with an extra team, a new format and the World Cup hanging over the heads of many of the players. Audio

Disability care workers, fresh from celebrating a court victory awarding them more pay, are now facing an uncertain wait as the Government considers changing the law to avoid honouring the ruling. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Labour's finance spokesperson Trevor Mallard says the Prime Minister is being"economical with the truth"in regard to what he knew about the deal to buy 34 new ministerial BMWs. Audio

Providers of public transport are gearing up for an increase in patronage with news that ninety-one-octane petrol has broken through two dollars a litre. Audio

Sounds of the security forces in Bahrain storming an anti-government protest camp in the capital city, Manama, killing three people and injuring more than 2-hundred others with rubber bullets and tear… Read more Audio

Listening to that in our Wellington studio is Detective Inspector Jim Gallagher, who heads up the Child Protection Implementation Project Team. Audio

Ron Burrows, the father of murdered schoolgirl, Coral Ellen Burrows, is calling for a specialised police task force to investigate child abuse cases. Audio

Robert Reid is the general secretary of the National Distribution Union which covers some of the bookstore workers affected. Audio

Doubt hangs over the future of New Zealand's oldest and largest book retailer after its Australian parent company called in the administrators. Audio