Morning Report

The Government has stopped funding free public transport for children and half-price fares for young people under 25. We have reporters out in Wellington and Auckland to see how commuters are reacting… Read more Audio

The capital's main art gallery is shutting its doors for two years due to construction work in Civic Square, as well as building repairs. Chief executive of Experience Wellington Diana Marsh spoke to… Read more Audio

The Labour Party signed off the agreement in July last year, after twelve rounds of negotiations between 2018 and 2022. Opposition leader Chris Hipkins spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

A ground-breaking trade agreement is kicking into action from Wednesday, which could contribute more than a billion dollars to the economy within a decade. EU Ambassador Lawrence Meredith spoke to… Read more Audio

Three debutants have been named in the first Black Ferns squad of the year. Audio

New Zealander Tom Newnham has been posthumously honoured for the decades he spent campaigning to cut ties with apartheid South Africa. Tom's son Rewi Newnham attended the ceremony in Pretoria. Rewi… Read more Audio

A number of student protestors at New York's Columbia University have escalated their protest over against the war in Gaza, by breaching and barricading themselves inside one of the institution's main… Read more Audio

The Taxpayer Union says Parliament's pay rise is out of touch with the rest of the country as the average income of households goes backwards. Spokesman Jordan Williams spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

More than a hundred unstaffed petrol stations have opened around the country over the past five years, bringing more competition with its cheaper fuel prices. Reporter Lucy Xia has more. Audio

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces will enter Rafah with or without a ceasefire deal. Tel Aviv correspondent Sarah Coates spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

A project clearing asbestos from school classrooms in Auckland has driven the principal and builder almost to despair. Phil Pennington reports. Audio

The mother of Lachlan Jones has denied accusations of body dumping, a fake alibi, and neglect during the inquest into his death. Otago/Southland reporter Tess Brunton is attending the inquest and… Read more Audio