Morning Report

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

Whakatāne media organisations plan to give $750 vouchers to about 1000 local business next week to try to bring the town back to life and get them spending again.

Radio 1XX and the family-owned… Read more Audio

Where is North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un?

Is he seriously ill? Has he maybe died? Or is he just out of public view for a while?

Rumours are swirling, but no one seems to know anything definite.

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Offering visas to high-value overseas investors could be a good way to quickly inject capital into the economy.

The Times in London suggests rich Americans are turning to New Zealand for sanctuary… Read more Audio

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced consumers to think about what they need, what they can get, and due to the lockdown, what they really can live without.

So while retailers are of course thinking… Read more Audio

Calls and texts to the government's free national mental health helpline have risen sharply since the start of Alert Level 4.

In recent days, the number of calls to 'Need To Talk 1737' is up by 40… Read more Audio

Of the multitude of stunning images from space, one of the most memorable is a photo - taken in 1968 by astronaut William Anders - of a radiant blue-and-white sphere slowly appearing above the horizon… Read more Audio

The National Party says small to medium businesses are paying too a heavy price for the Government's extension of the lockdown period and they urgently need more support.

The government has admitted… Read more Audio

The number of food grants made by the Ministry of Social Development has skyrocketed under Alert Level 4, hitting close to 70,000 a week.

At the same time the demand of food banks has increased… Read more Audio

A Whanganui man whose cancer surgery was put off by Covid-19 believes delays in treatment could lead to a worse nationwide death toll than Covid-19, currently at 14.

Others say they're amazed and… Read more Audio

Health fears and lack of demand are likely to keep many early childhood centres shut when schools partially reopen next week.

Sector leaders say many centre owners and teachers are still not… Read more Audio

It would be anyone's worst nightmare: being stuck on a cruise ship, confined to your cabin, because more than half of the people on board have Covid-19.

But a mere two weeks ago, that was the… Read more Audio