Morning Report

The Thames-Coromandel mayor is refusing to get the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.

Sandra Goudie wants the Novavax shot instead.

The government has made a pre-purchase agreement for 10.7 million doses of… Read more Audio

The ACT Party's fully in support of moving towards quarantining people at home, and in fact would like it extended further.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says low risk cases who can… Read more Audio

Lego is removing gender stereotypes from its toys - and it means no more pink just for girls.

It comes as a global survey reveals attitudes to play is inequal, and restrictive.

Girls are becoming… Read more Audio

Māori health services in Te Tauihu - the top of the South Island - are connecting with youth through social media in the drive to improve vaccination rates.

In Nelson Marlborough, 16 percent of Maori… Read more Audio

The Silver Ferns showed signs of a tumultuous netball year catching up on them - as they faded to a four-goal loss to Aotearoa men in Wellington last night.

In what was almost certainly their last… Read more Audio

Parents of immigrants seeking residency say they feel invisible after they were left out of the latest immigration reprieve.

It's five years since the immigration parent category was suspended.

Two… Read more Audio

Schools in Tāmaki Makaurau were supposed to open for term four next week but distance learning will continue for the forseeable future.

Auckland mum Farheen Hajira works from home and for eight weeks… Read more Audio

Political leaders in the South Island say there is little appetite to break away from the team of five million, and getting the nation vaccinated is top priority.

However MPs do want to know why the… Read more Audio

Twenty-five years after the country's first MMP election, there are now more Māori in parliament than ever. 

Greater diversity and better representation for Māori was one of the promises of the… Read more Audio

It's 'no jab, no job', for people working in the education sector and already a small number of teachers have said 'thanks but no thanks.'

New Zealand Principals' Federation president, Perry Rush… Read more Audio