Morning Report

European Union officials are planning a widespread approach to the new Covid-19 variant in the UK.

Two meetings are taking place in Brussels on Monday - one involving health ministers and another… Read more Audio

Overseas New Zealanders are failing to get home in time to see dying family, and are hitting out at the government's slow turnaround of emergency applications.

People should be able to gain entry… Read more Audio

Pakistan will be without their captain and leading batsman for the first cricket test against the Black Caps, starting in Mt Maunganui on Boxing Day. Read more Audio

The giants of our solar system have aligned, giving New Zealand star gazers a chance to witness a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event.

It's hundreds of years since Jupiter and Saturn have appeared… Read more Audio

It may have been the phoney war, but Team New Zealand emerged from last week's racing on the Waitematā Harbour looking in good shape to defend the America's Cup next year.

Team New Zealand was… Read more Audio

Tropical cyclone Yasa has killed at least four people, and there are reports of severe damage and destruction, with Fiji's northern islands bearing the brunt of the storm's force.

Correspondent Lice… Read more Audio

For more than a decade, calls for abortion services to be provided in South Auckland have fallen on deaf ears, now there seems to be some movement.

In 2008, the government appointed abortion… Read more Audio

An internal stoush at Pharmac means funding for a drug for terminal bowel cancer patients have been shelved for more than a decade.

The Cancer Society's medical director Chris Jackson told reporter… Read more Audio

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

The America's Cup has has had mixed results.  Read more Audio

The Black Caps' bulldozing cricket form this summer has continued, having wrapped up their T-20 series against Pakistan with a game to spare.

The hosts won game two in Hamilton by nine wickets last… Read more Audio

US President Donald Trump is denying he plans to introduce martial law in the United States, after multiple news organizations reported there was a "screaming match" at the White House over the issue… Read more Audio