Morning Report

Minister for Oceans and Fisheries David Parker and Acting Minister of Conservation Ayesha Verrall have released the Government Strategy for revitalising the Hauraki Gulf, in the face of depleting fish… Read more Audio

The All Blacks coach Ian Foster says one of the team's newcomers has plenty of similarities to his well-known father. Son of former All Blacks and Crusaders captain Todd Blackadder, Crusaders utility… Read more Audio

New advice from the World Health Organisation which tells women to wait until menopause before drinking alcohol has been described as "harmful and toxic".

The WHO's newly released Draft Global… Read more Audio

Tourism operators around the country are still holding out hope for a rush of income from the trans-Tasman bubble, months after it opened.

Before the pandemic, Australians made up almost half of all… Read more Audio

Five uncapped players are part of the first All Blacks team of the year.

Props George Bower and Ethan de Groot, flanker Ethan Blackadder, halfback Finlay Christie and midfielder Quinn Tupaea have… Read more Audio

Rain has washed out the entire fourth day of the World Test Championship cricket final between New Zealand and India, leaving the teams little time to force a result in Southampton.

However, with a… Read more Audio

Work continues this morning to assess and repair the damage wrough by flooding on the East Coast.

Ben Greene is the Civil Defence and Emergency Manager at Gisborne District Council.

He spoke to… Read more Audio

A Māori health advocate is calling for a separate "Māori ACC"  following the revelation that the scheme is biased against women, Māori and Pasifika.

The managing director of Te Kōhao Health, Lady… Read more Audio

Kiwi weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will make history at the Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first transgender athlete to compete.

The 43-year-old is one of five weighlifting athletes selected for the New… Read more Audio

The government's being asked to rethink its Covid-19 vaccine roll out plan, now Medsafe has given the all clear for children as young as 12 to receive a Pfizer injection.

Health leaders are pleased… Read more Audio

The official version of how police came to shoot a Māori man in Rotorua is contradicted by the police's own investigation of the shooting. 

Shargin Stephens was shot and killed in 2016 after smashing… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio