Morning Report

The Auckland City Mission is expecting to be busier than ever this Christmas, with more families struggling because of Covid-19.

Instead of the usual lines outside the mission's CBD headquarters… Read more Audio

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

The final of the women's Cricket World Cup to be held in New Zealand in 2022 will be played under lights at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

Before then, cricket fans around the country will get a chance… Read more Audio

Police monitoring trucks on the road between Northport and Auckland found eleven trucks with faults so serious they had to be taken off the road.

Almost one in five were unroadworthy and posed a… Read more Audio

A society set up more than 50 years ago to help people living with disability says it can keep going even as it sells off its rehabilitation centre.

One health specialist says the Laura Fergusson… Read more Audio

Flood ridden Napier fears an accommodation crisis will take hold this summer.

There's not only about 700 waiting on the housing register, hotels are shut for flood repairs and a holiday park had to… Read more Audio

The Black Caps batsman Ross Taylor's place in the team in the longer versions of the game doesn't appear to be in jeopardy. Read more Audio

A damp rental in central Wellington is in need of urgent upgrades and has a revolving door of tenants.

This is no skungy student flat though - it's the place Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern calls home… Read more Audio

A report into Auckland Prison, the country's maximum security prison, has revealed a myriad of problems, despite the introduction of a new strategy Hōkai Rangi.

The strategy was meant to deliver… Read more Audio

Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the US Senate, has finally congratulated Joe Biden on becoming the US President-elect.

The exchange came hours after the Electoral College met and declared… Read more Audio

Today's forecast of sunshine and wind for Christchurch has residents and firefighters staying watchful following the mop up of a large fire in the Port Hills overnight.

The latest blaze burned… Read more Audio

Almost one in five trucks travelling between Northport and Auckland failed police safety inspections.

Senior Sergeant Mike Flatt says some of the most concerning faults found were around braking… Read more Audio