Morning Report

The Children's Commissioner is again calling for the police to rethink their policy of chasing young drivers. The police watchdog on Thursday found the police should not have given chase to a car in… Read more Audio

National says the government is breaking a significant economic promise by easing its debt targets. The Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the government intends to relax its debt target of 20… Read more Audio

Airline pilots says despite a report showing failings by the aviation watchdog contributed to a fatal helicopter crash, the public should feel safe when flying. The director of the Civil Aviation… Read more Audio

Destiny Church has launched a political party, headed by Brian Tamaki's wife Hannah Tamaki. She says they have launched a month earlier than planned, and do not yet have a website. 

When the party… Read more Audio

The co-founder of Destiny Church, Hannah Tamaki, admits her new political party, Coalition New Zealand, could split the Christian vote if National MP Alfred Ngaro also launches a party.

She speaks to… Read more Audio

The Highlanders aren't taking any extra off field precautions for their Super Rugby match against the Stormers in Cape Town this weekend, in the wake of the allegations of poor behaviour from… Read more Audio

A mass lie-in is planned for Auckland's Queen Street as thousands of students call for greater action from the government on the climate crisis. The lie-in is part of student action across the… Read more Audio

Extreme weather has hit the US in recent days with tornadoes sweeping across states including Texas and Kansas. Tornadoes have killed at least three people in Missouri, bringing the death toll from… Read more Audio

Families say they have been torn apart by ongoing visa delays caused by staff shortages and a backlog of cases. Peter Elms is the Immigration New Zealand assistant general manager in visa services. He… Read more Audio

Families say they have been torn apart by ongoing visa delays caused by staff shortages and a backlog of cases. In one case a baby has been separated from his mother and in another a teenager's been… Read more Audio

Pharmac has told patients waiting for drugs to be funded it can never release its secret list that ranks the medicines it is waiting to fund. The drug-buying agency says it's the most commercially… Read more Video, Audio