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The National Party is promising to roll out an intensive rehab programme for meth addicts if elected in October, as well as cracking down on drug smugglers.

Judith Collins has spent the morning… Audio

The National Party says anyone who refuses a test on day three of their stay in a managed isolation facility should automatically be moved into quarantine. Currently it's only compulsory for testing… Audio

Prize-winning pianist ​Tony Yan Tong Chen​ is continuing his Eastman School of Music studies long-distance while he's home in New Zealand. Audio

Politicians were back on the road after a false start to the election campaign and National is promising a big spend-up on young parents.

Under its proposal, all pregnant women would be given $3,000… Audio

On this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a couple of slip-ups at the Herald, a run-in between Magic Talk and the WHO and another 1pm press conference question that… Audio

A global cyber security expert who worked in New Zealand for 20 years says it's time to increase the national internet bandwidth to make it harder for cyber attackers. Dr Hossein Sarrafzadeh led the… Audio

The National Party has pledged it will keep the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter running for at least five more years - if it is elected in October.

The clock is already ticking down to the closure of… Audio

Robin Toan's Tū-mata-uenga “God of War, Spirit of Man”, described by conductor Gemma New as a work of fierce passion and bold energy, opens her debut concert with the NZSO. Audio

The National Party is promising, if elected, to review the health and safety regulator WorkSafe to ensure it is reflecting common sense, not draconian enforcement.

It's one of the commitments… Audio

Water reform and farming are yet again the focus of political warfare. New freshwater standards are coming into force next week.

The legislation, only passed earlier this month, puts new controls on… Audio

A large majority of Chinese New Zealanders say they still prefer National to Labour, even though they're pretty happy with the government's Covid-19 response.

This is the headline finding from a new… Audio

'Gone by lunchtime.' That is how the National Party has described its plan to roll back new Freshwater Standards coming into force from next week.

The legislation, only passed earlier this month… Audio

To the US, where the Republican Party's presidential election year convention kicked off yesterday, with President Donald Trump accepting the party's nomination. The Convention takes place over four… Audio

Producer and book man Robert Kelly - went through the hundreds of entries with the editor of the 2020 Poetry New Zealand Yearbook, Jo Emeney and together they whittled them down to a shortlist and our… Audio

The editor of the 2020 Poetry New Zealand Yearbook, Jo Emeney joins Jesse to help announce our annual competition to mark National Poetry Day.  Audio

A key part of National's plan would be a requirement for people to show evidence of a negative Covid-19 test before flying to New Zealand.

So what do voters think of that? Checkpoint reporter Logan… Audio

The National Party wants a Border Protection Agency, Te Korowai Whakamaru, to oversee and manage Covid-19 and other public health threats at the border. It also wants compulsory contact tracing for… Audio

Today, social media has bridged the gap between distance and human connections, but at what cost? We meet a photographer-turned-influencer whose every waking moment comes with mounting pressure and… Audio

With the election delayed MPs unexpectedly found themselves back at Parliament and National took full opportunity to challenge the government over border controls and testing.

Senior ministers… Audio

The Democrats are holding their national convention this week - but it's not a convention as you'd know it.

Gone are the balloons and the big crowds and hoopla of old.

Instead the convention is… Audio

National Party health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti has now been briefed on the developing Covid-19 situation.

The National Party leader Judith Collins told Morning Report yesterday that she been… Audio

The political clash surrounding the Covid-19 cluster has escalated - with the Opposition, accused of peddling conspiracy theories.

Labour, New Zealand First and the Greens say National is being… Audio

Waikato University Professor of International Law Alexander Gillespie joins The Panel to discuss National leader Judith Collins call to delay the election.  Audio

Four times, New Zealand has moved from the kid's table to sit among the world's most powerful nations as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Audio

The National Party wants answers from the government about why the country finds itself facing Covid-19 restrictions again.

Leader Judith Collins says the need to move Auckland back into level 3… Audio