Morning Report

The owners of over 20,000 properties in Hawkes Bay could be about to find out they live within a tsunami evacuation zone.

With a large tsunami likely in the next 50 years, not everybody knows the… Read more Audio

Hospitality workers say that it's no longer a viable career path in New Zealand due to low wages, long hours and few incentives.

This comes as cafe and restaurants across New Zealand call for the… Read more Audio

The Government is copping criticism for denying funding to students with special needs and then blocking parents from paying for it themselves.

A mother who has an eight year old son with ADHD and… Read more Audio

As the government prepares to replace the Mental Health Act, Maori mental health practitioners want to see major changes to compulsory treatment.

Community treatment orders for patients at home are… Read more Audio

Plunket looks set for a shake-up, as the government promises to make significant changes to health services for under-fives.

A review of the Well Child Tamariki Ora programme has found it's falling… Read more Audio

The mission to reunite a young orca with its family has become an international effort.  

Up and down the country, whale watchers are on the lookout for the orca pod, and the Department of… Read more Audio

Fifteen crew from the Viking Bay, who have all tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, are now in MIQ in Wellington. But unlike Jetpark in Auckland, the Wellington MIQ hotel is used by both sick and… Read more Audio

Dairy exports earned New Zealand almost $16 billion last year, but can it continue?

Dairy giant Fonterra has flagged milk production is likely to flatten, or even decline.

So what's the plan?

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Despite declaring a climate emergency last year, Aotearoa imported more than one million tonnes of low grade coal from Indonesia.

Imports of the fossil fuel in 2020 were six times larger than in… Read more Audio

Watercare's $145 dollar water treatment plant is opening in Tuakau today and the company insists it is one of the last times it will dip into the Waikato River.

The facility will provide Auckland… Read more Audio