Morning Report

Aucklanders are being asked to reach deeper into their pockets next year in a one off rates increase of 5 percent.

The proposal is part of the city council's new 10-year budget focused on Covid-19… Read more Audio

An abuse survivor is calling for Pacific people in New Zealand who have been abused in care to go to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care for guidance and support.

Frances Tagaloa spoke… Read more Audio

Pure fruit juice is having its health rating squeezed - putting it on the same, or even lower level, than diet coke.

Most New Zealand juices without any added sugar receive an automatic rating of… Read more Audio

Covid-19 has caused economic pain throughout the country, but nowhere more than the lower South Island where the numbers on the dole have increased more than 50 percent since February.

Unsurprisingly… Read more Audio

The Black Caps cricketers final T20 against the West Indies was abandoned due to rain, and the mood was dampened further by news of the death of former New Zealand selector and manager Ross Dykes at… Read more Audio

America's coronavirus curve is steep and it keeps climbing.

The pandemic is the worst its been since Covid-19 first entered the United States, according to the country's top infectious disease… Read more Audio

A crash in Central Hawke's Bay yesterday which killed three people has been called absolutely devastating by the region's mayor.

The car carrying the three people collided with a truck collided on… Read more Audio

Bold action is being urged to prevent Covid-19 making life even tougher for children living in deprivation.

Income and hardship data in the latest Child Poverty Monitor out today show the country was… Read more Audio

Pablo Matera has been stripped of the Argentina captaincy and suspended along with two team-mates for "discriminatory and xenophobic" comments in historical social media posts.

The Argentine Rugby… Read more Audio

The government will declare a national climate emergency today, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern introducing the motion in Parliament this afternoon.

In 2017 she called climate change her… Read more Audio

German police have detained a man who drove an SUV through crowds of people.

At least four people have died and fifteen are injured in the town of Trier.

Germany correspondent Thomas Sparrow speaks… Read more Audio

Workplace safety investigators into a Desert Road double-fatality smash failed to record, months later, that a baby boy died alongside his preschool brother.

WorkSafe closed the file four days after… Read more Audio