Morning Report

Motorists are being warned not to expect a major drop in petrol prices across the country - even as the Government's vowed to drive them down.

It's promised to make changes recommended by the Commerce Commission designed to increase competition in the fuel market.

But the Automobile Association says the proposed changes ignore a major component of what people pay at the pump - tax - and if the Government really wants to make a difference it should look there.

Here's RNZ's deputy political editor Craig McCulloch.

Donald Trump now looks almost certain to be impeached - but the US President will not necessarily be convicted.

Nancy Pelosi has announced she will ask her colleagues to draft articles of impeachment against the president.

Donald Trump is accused of abusing his power by urging the president of Ukraine to investigate his domestic political rival.

Nancy Pelosi cited the historical protections built into the US constitution as she announced her decision.

RNZ's correspondent in Washington is Giles Gibson.

The World Cup champion Silver Ferns were awarded the New Zealand Olympic Committee's most prestigious award in Auckland last night.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

Where is the line when it comes to cartoons?

Three different papers owned by separate media companies have crossed that invisible red line this week.

It began with the Otago Daily Times making light of the measles epidemic in Samoa - the paper has since apologised amid protests outside its office.

Then in the Dominion Post a cartoon featured David Seymour getting kissed on the cheek by a member of the KKK and Hitler.

And in Wednesday's Herald - a Nazi officer with a chainsaw stalks among the severed stumps of trees on Mt Albert.

That was the final straw for the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand.

Its chief executive Chris Harris speaks to Kim Hill.

Wanaka residents and council staff have been busy preparing for flooding that's yet to arrive.

The flood water crept closer to Wanaka overnight, but it hasn't reached the town's main street yet.

MetService is predicting more rain for both Wanaka and the headwaters feeding its lake.

RNZ Otago/Southland reporter Tess Brunton is in Wanaka.

News from the rural and farming sector.

A brief update from the business sector.

Angela Merkel has visited the Auschwitz death camp in Poland for the first time in her 14 years as chancellor, as Germany grapples with a resurgence of anti-Semitism. Mrs Merkel is only the third German chancellor to visit the site where around 1.1 million people were killed. Her highly symbolic trip coming ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by Soviet troops on January 27, 1945. RNZ's correspondent in Krakow is Thomas Sparrow.

Leaders from Dunedin's Samoan community have met with management of the local paper to express the hurt and harm caused by a cartoon making light of the Samoa measles epidemic.

They say they were pleased that the Otago Daily Times acknowledged the racism of the cartoon.

But as Dominic Godfrey reports, the ODT editor says he stopped short of that.