Morning Report

Auckland's Mayor is resigned to further delays to his city's light rail project, which is caught up in electioneering.

As we've been reporting this morning RNZ understands New Zealand First is… Read more Audio

The call to remove statues and place names that honour racist figures from New Zealand's history is gaining momentum.

A local historian says monuments from the early 20th century celebrate… Read more Audio

The Chiefs will don limited edition 'Women in Rugby' jerseys against the Highlanders in Dunedin tomorrow night. Read more Audio

Now we're at Level 1, anticipation is building for the return of live sport as the Highlanders take on the Chiefs at Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium tomorrow night.

A crowd of more than 18,000 is… Read more Audio

A truckie, who jumped down from his cab to rescue a kiwi from the jaws of a stoat in a remote part of north Taranaki last year, has taken the encounter full circle.

Alan Pennington was briefly… Read more Audio

While New Zealand is revelling in the freedoms of Alert Level 1, for around 3000 people in hotel quarantine, just getting a bit of fresh air has been a lot more difficult.

Since April, everyone… Read more Audio

A government ministry was warned by engineers the bell frame in the National War Memorial Carillion could fail, and the bells fall down and kill people in an earthquake.

It was told to check the… Read more Audio

A review of Covid-19 clusters in aged care homes has found staff were treated like "lepers" and suffered online abuse and harassment from neighbours.

They've described the stress and tension during… Read more Audio

America's top general has apologised for appearing alongside Donald Trump last week for a photo-opportunity in central Washington DC, after a number of protesters had been forcefully removed from the… Read more Audio

New Zealand First is calling for an independent review into the arming of frontline police officers with military-grade assault rifles.

Semi-automatics are routinely stored in a lock box in patrol… Read more Audio

The Auckland light rail project looks dead in the water for now, with coalition partner New Zealand First refusing to back it before the election.

The promise to build light rail from downtown… Read more Audio

The Chiefs coach Warren Gatland says the Highlanders will be desperate and dangerous in tomorrow night's Super Rugby Aotearoa opener in Dunedin, despite the southerners being written off by the… Read more Audio