Morning Report

Health experts are mystified over Government reluctance to enforce mandatory mask wearing and QR code scanning under alert level 2.

Covid-19 Reponse Minister Chris Hipkins says while mandating these… Read more Audio

Former boyfriend Justin Timberlake has led an outpouring of support for Britney Spears.

This after Spears launched a blistering attack on the "abusive" conservatorship that has controlled her life… Read more Audio

A former Christchurch mayor says the city's economic agency should stop focusing on events and tourism, and should put more effort into developing the economy.

ChristchurchNZ was founded four years… Read more Audio

Planned new defence spending could be cut back.

The Defence Minister says Covid-19 means the government's having to run the ruler over the $20 billion defence capability plan, and there will be… Read more Audio

A collection of classic cars up for auction have made an undignified exit from the ASB Showgrounds after the venue was suddenly closed this week, having been placed into liquidation.

Staff from Webbs… Read more Audio

They're small, they're cunning and they're killing our native birds.

Stoats were first introduced to New Zealand in the late 19th century to control rabbits and quickly had a devastating effect on… Read more Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is due to visit flood-stricken farmers frantically trying to clear silt and debris before calving and lambing begins.

Ardern will be hosted by Chris and Anne-Marie… Read more Audio

A survivor of abuse at Lake Alice in the 1970s was repeatedly given electric shock treatment even though his medical records showed that he had a heart condition.

Charlie Symes, who is now 63, spent… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio