Morning Report

Listen to our weekly political panel. This week we're joined by RNZ's deputy political editor, Craig McCulloch, and Newsroom political editor Jo Moir. Read more Audio

England dismissed Australia for 263 runs on the first day of the third test at Headingly in Leeds overnight, in what was an action-packed day of cricket.

Mitchell Marsh managed the only score of note… Read more Audio

It has been 50 years since the HMNZS Otago and HMNZS Canterbury sailed to the Mururoa atoll in French Polynesia to protest French nuclear testing in the Pacific.

Sailors on both vessels witnessed… Read more Audio

Some Hawke's Bay residents whose homes were inundated by rivers of silt during Cyclone Gabrielle fear the future of their properties will depend on the size of cash-strapped councils' bank accounts.

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Hamilton residents have been warned by council officials of lithium batteries causing three fires in kerbside rubbish disposed over the last 6 months.

One of the incidents involved a battery from a… Read more Audio

Precious letters and photographs that survived the Loafer's Lodge fire will have to be dumped, but former tenants have won a legal battle to recover some of their property.

A man has been charged… Read more Audio

The Mosgiel Taieri's Community Board chair is horrified by suspected arson on the property of a family of former refugees from Syria.

Police are investigating after the outdoor shed was found on fire… Read more Audio

Hotels across the country are bitterly disappointed they're yet to see the promised flood of bookings from international visitors ahead of this month's FIFA Women's World Cup.

Curiously, tour… Read more Audio