Morning Report

Bloodthirsty Wellingtonians will finally get their chance to find out what goes on in the shadows.

Second Unit is a new interactive theatre experience inspired by the award-winning vampire… Read more Audio

The Football Ferns have lost to the Netherlands 1-0 in their first FIFA women's World Cup match in France overnight, after conceding a goal in the final moments of the game.

The Netherlands goal in… Read more Audio

A 'cunning calculating and murderous dictator'.

That's how a new book is describing the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.

The book, The Great Successor by New Zealander and Washington Post Beijing… Read more Audio

Calls by a government advisory group to dramatically increase the number of speed cameras and hike the cost of speeding tickets.

The Speed Reference Group led by the Ministry of Transport says New… Read more Audio

A seventh kākāpō being treated for the respiratory disease aspergillosis has died.

Nora 1A was just over 100 days old and was the sickest of the kākāpō being treated at the for Conservation Medicine… Read more Video, Audio

Farmers from all over the country are flocking to Mystery Creek near Hamilton for National Agricultural Fieldays this week.

This year is the 51st Fieldays and about 130,000 people are expected to… Read more Audio

A District Health Board member who objected to an attempt last month to remove a baby from a teenage mother at Hawke's Bay Hospital says she will resist any effort to muzzle her.

Jacoby Poulain says… Read more Audio

National Party MP Judith Collins is ahead of leader Simon Bridges in the preferred Prime Minister stakes in the most recent political polls.

And when asked on Morning Report if she thought Mr Bridges… Read more Audio

The government is defending its spending of more than $20 billion to upgrade the country's defence hardware, in what it calling a "humanitarian plan."

Included in the spending is more than $1 billion… Read more Audio

The Football Ferns coach Tom Sermanni hopes his side won't dwell on the disappointment of their last minute loss to the Netherlands in their opening game at the World Cup. Audio

The world's second largest retailer Costco is promising to provide stiff competition to established stores when it sets up in New Zealand.

Costco will be offering customers everything from groceries… Read more Audio