Morning Report

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

Mayors in Northland say their communities are concerned by rising gun violence in the region.

A shoot-out with police near Dargaville is the fourth gun related incident in the area in less than five… Read more Audio

Ministers differ over the need for an independent investigation into the Whakaari/White Island rescue and recovery mission.

A major WorkSafe inquiry has charged 13 parties after examining events… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

The company wanting to buy the Maari Oil Field off the coast of Taranaki believes there's three times more oil left to extract than official estimates.

Opponents of the sale say that's further… Read more Audio

A suspect and a police dog are both in a stable condition after a serious shooting incident in Northland yesterday. 

The male suspect was shot three times by officers after he fired at a police dog.

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

Denmark plans to dig up thousands of dead mink - culled to prevent the spread of the coronavirus - after the animals started to rise out of their mass graves.

Hundreds of bloated mink corpses have… Read more Audio

Reefton residents are horrified at the prospect of losing the only bank in town.

The Bank of New Zealand will shut its West Coast branch along with 37 others by the middle of next year.

The Coast is… Read more Audio

A portion of the Christchurch Northern Corridor has opened to traffic for the first time.

The new motorway from Cranford St to near the Waimakariri River Bridge/ State Highway One will be open to… Read more Audio