Morning Report

The Education Review Office says children and young people living in Oranga Tamariki residential care are not getting a good enough education.

ERO has consistently found that the education these… Read more Audio

The Government's admitted to a "significant" problem with one part of the Healthy Homes Standards, on the day that they come into effect.

As of today, private landlords must install at least one… Read more Audio

Massey University has shut its doors to new domestic students because it is at risk of breaching government enrolment limits.

It says it is not accepting new domestic students for courses in the… Read more Audio

The Covid-19 vaccine rollout gets into full swing today in one of the most isolated parts of the country.

Three hundred and sixty Pfizer vaccines were bundled onto a twin-prop A72 plane and flown… Read more Audio

A young Uyghur man living in New Zealand says he has lost all contact with his family in China and fears they are in concentration camps in Xinjiang.

More than a million Uyghurs are in what the… Read more Audio

Cabinet documents reveal officials have automatically given almost one in four MIQ guests a free stay because they haven't been able to track them down.

In February the Ministry of Business… Read more Audio

Bill Cosby's sexual assault convictions have been overturned and he has walked free from a Pennsylvania prison.

Cosby was the first celebrity tried and convicted in the #MeToo era.

He had served two… Read more Audio

Sick babies are being cared for in a playroom at Middlemore Hospital because it has run out of space in the regular wards.

Bed numbers have been slashed for both babies and older children because… Read more Audio

Police in the city of Vancouver say they have responded to 130 sudden deaths since Friday, linking them to the unprecedent heat wave over North America.

The "dome" of static hot air over the western… Read more Audio

Amnesty International says footage of Oranga Tamariki staff tackling and restraining a young teen at one of its care facilities appears to amount to excessive use of force.

It says similar problems… Read more Audio

As the Government unveils its ambitious new plan for water, hapū and iwi are worried their voices won't be heard in the four mega agencies proposed,

One example is rural Māori in the North, who… Read more Audio