Morning Report

The heat dome may have gone but lightning strikes have continued to spark dozens more wildfires in western Canada.

Emergency services say they there are now trying to control more than 170 fires… Read more Audio

Authorities are pausing search and rescue operations at the partially-collapsed building in Surfside, Florida to prepare for the likely demolition of what remains of the Champlain Towers.

At least 24… Read more Audio

Universities are nervous about changes that will boost research funding for Māori and Pasifika academics ahead of their Pakeha colleagues. 

The $315 million a year Performance Based Research Fund… Read more Audio

More information should emerge this morning as to how many New Zealand organisations are caught up in a global ransomware attack.

The attack on the IT management software provider Kaseya VSA has… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

The Australia-NZ bubble is set to partially reopen on Monday, with quarantine-free travel allowed from three states - Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania - and the ACT.

Brett O'Riley, the CEO of… Read more Audio

It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

From earthworms to elephants; new research reveals 1557 species across the world have been eating plastic.

Co-author of the report, Massey University Research Associate Dr Gabriel Machovsky-Capuska… Read more Audio

For the first time, Christchurch City Council has allocated a specific pot of cash to help improve disabled access around the city.

One councillor says planning rules discriminate against disabled… Read more Audio