Morning Report

What's in a name? What about a surname?

The most common family names for babies born in New Zealand last year have been revealed, and they might surprise you.

More babies were born with the surname… Read more Audio

An Australian journalism expert has described Facebook's decision to ban news content from being viewed or posted on the site as "extraordinary".

Facebook made the move in response to proposed laws… Read more Audio

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

People jumping on a scooter drunk, and late at night, are ending up in hospital after hours.

That's a trend noted by a New Zealand Medical Journal paper comparing the injuries from e-scooter users… Read more Audio

It's been a week of "weather hell" in Texas, freezing temperatures, no power and no reliable water.

Some progress has been made to restoring power but its on and off, with power sometimes returning… Read more Audio

A New Zealander living in Myanmar fears the country is lurching back to the "dark ages" of a bloody dictatorship.

On 1 February, a military coup removed the civilian government led by Aung San Suu… Read more Audio

New Zealand's Covid-19 vaccination programme begins today - with some of the country's 100 vaccinators first in line.

From Saturday, they'll begin vaccinating the country's 12,000 border workers and… Read more Audio

Netball New Zealand has confirmed world champion coach Dame Noeline Taurua will coach the Silver Ferns through to the end of the 2023 World Cup. Read more Audio

From the middle of this year, all pupils will have access to free period products at their schools.

Period poverty affects many who don't have the money, or the parental help, to buy the expensive… Read more Audio

Let's go off-shore, even off planet to an event that's about to happen on Mars, where the Perseverance rover is about to enter the Martian atmosphere within a couple of hours.

It's travelled nearly… Read more Audio

Descendents of an ancestral maunga in Whanganui will return to the area this morning to ensure no more work takes place on Punakewhitu. 

Dozens of hapū members flocked to the whenua yesterday morning… Read more Audio

Christchurch is still struggling 10 years on from the earthquake with vacant spaces and little development.

In the surrounding areas of Christchurch in Selwyn, inland and in the Waimakariri District… Read more Audio