Morning Report

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been fighting for his political career this morning - saying "hand on heart" he didn't lie to parliament over rule-breaking Covid-19 lockdown parties at 10… Read more Audio

Commonwealth Games bronze medal winner Zane Robertson has been banned from all sport for eight years after testing positive for a performance enhancing drug, and then providing false documentation in… Read more Audio

The housing market has cooled yet further. 

New figures from CoreLogic NZ show house sales hit a 40-year low over the last year, with 60,859 homes sold. 

Analysts are pointing to rising interest… Read more Audio

Waiheke Island locals are angrily contesting a new council report which claims helicopters aren't overly noisy or unsafe.

The report says chopper activity is at similar levels on Waiheke Island to… Read more Audio

With Auckland's Council set to slash its budget, the city's cash-strapped economic development agency is making its case for funding by boasting about the benefits it created in the past six months.

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Tech giants, the pharmaceutical industry and multinational energy companies are using local lobbying firms to gain access to senior ministers and sensitive government information. 

Cases uncovered in… Read more Audio

A large fire broke out overnight at a commercial block in Auckland situated between a petrol station and a motorway off-ramp

Most of the two-storey shopping block has been destroyed in the Takanini… Read more Audio

Auckland MPs are being urgently asked to make sure their communities understand the city's proposed budget, and to help them get their thoughts to the council. 

The plan is open for submissions until… Read more Audio