Morning Report

The first-ever women's rugby match between two Super Rugby franchises, Blues and Chiefs, will break new ground on 1 May.

It's being touted as the first step towards a Super Women's team and programme… Read more Audio

A New Zealander who has fought for years to adopt her nieces and nephews from Ethiopia is now facing the possibility that one will have to be left behind - unless there is Government intervention.

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Abuse survivor groups have left the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care in no doubt that they do not trust the churches to get the redress process right.

The commission heard final… Read more Audio

Few businesses are making use of short-term absence payments designed to cover staff who can't work because they are getting a Covid-19 test, but can't work from home.

Healthcare providers and unions… Read more Audio

Healthcare experts are worried Papua New Guinea's health system won't cope with a growing number of cases of Covid-19.

The chief executive officer at St John Ambulance Papa New Guniea, Matt Cannon… Read more Audio

Multiple Australian states have imposed restrictions on travellers from Queensland after Brisbane entered a snap three-day lockdown.

On Monday health authorities confirmed four community cases of the… Read more Audio

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

Audit New Zealand is warning councils in the Wellington region about the dangers of spending up large on their failing water infrastructure.

It is worried local contractors will not be able to… Read more Audio

The government is being questioned over its commitment to safe drinking water.

An Official Information Act request shows a working group, that was supposed to be looking at nitrates in water, only… Read more Audio

Palliative care experts want answers on euthanasia, saying the country is woefully unprepared to introduce assisted dying at the end of this year.

They're calling for legal advice on what to say to… Read more Audio

Families of victims of the Pike River explosion have accepted official advice it will be unsafe and too expensive to go further into the mine.

Twenty-nine men lost their lives in the explosion in… Read more Audio

The Blues and Chiefs will stage the first-ever women's match between the two Super Rugby franchises. Read more Audio