Morning Report

Several leading opposition politicians in Fiji have been arrested after their criticism of government moves to amend a land bill.

The National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad, Sodelpa… Read more Audio

RNZ analysis estimates that 20 percent of New Zealanders in group 3 nationwide have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Just 12 percent of group 3 have been fully inoculated.

Corin… Read more Audio

The Children's Commissioner wants the use of restraint chairs to be phased out as soon as possible.

Between 2015 and 2020 Police strapped 38 young people into the chairs - the youngest just 13 years… Read more Audio

The clock is ticking with just five days left for Kiwis to get on a quarantine-free flight back home from Australia.

Unless travelling from New South Wales - where the Covid-19 outbreak is at its… Read more Audio

The Government is moving to make it easier for consumers to access and share their personal information.

The European Union, Britain and Australia have all moved to bring in regulations requiring big… Read more Audio

Six months after Crown appointed commissioners took over at Tauranga City Council, local leaders want their stay extended.

The four commissioners are supposed to stay on until local government… Read more Audio

New Zealand is likely to import more coal this year than it ever has before, in the midst of a self-declared climate emergency.

Last year was already the highest in 14 years and we're bringing in… Read more Audio

Not a single cent has been cashed out from the Government's $23 million loan scheme for those living in earthquake-prone apartments.

Official figures show no one has even got so far as to apply for a… Read more Audio

Baby orca Toa was farewelled at the weekend by around 70 people before being taken for burial by Ngāti Toa rangatira.

The orca died in his sea pen on Friday evening after being cared for at the… Read more Audio

Some normality is returning to Westport as schools reopen in the town, just over a week on from its devastating floods.

Around 100 homes have been red stickered - meaning they are uninhabitable, and… Read more Audio

With heavy rain forecast falling across the country there is again concern in Marlborough where up to 70mm of rain is forecast.

Much of the Marlborough region was adversely affected devastated by… Read more Audio