Morning Report

The Public Service Association is calling the latest round of public sector job cuts an attack on science.

The Ministry for the Environment has announced it is calling for voluntary redundancies… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister says his Government will work with both private companies and use public services to improve social outcomes for New Zealanders but hasn't gone as far as saying it would include… Read more Audio

Millions of people across Mexico, the US and Canada have just witnessed a total solar eclipse.

The AP's Philip Crowther has been watching from the Indianapolis speedway.

Crowther spoke to Corin… Read more Audio

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has given a harsh speech at the UN General Assembly in New York, saying the Security Council isn't doing its job to keep world peace and security.

Peters was not… Read more Audio

The Government is pledging to meet nine key targets it has set for itself over the coming years.

The deliverables are aimed at improving outcomes in areas such as violent crime, youth offending… Read more Audio

A weekly look at how many students are attending school will be published from next month with the Coalition planning to ramp it up to daily reporting at the start of next year.

The Ministry of… Read more Audio

A group of sixteen advocacy groups have penned an open letter to the Government, calling for a right to a sustainable environment.

This comes as a member's bill by James Shaw, which proposes to… Read more Audio

The Government wants to see 20,000 fewer victims of assaults, robberies and sexual crimes by 2029.

The target is one of the more ambitious of the nine pledges announced by Christopher Luxon on… Read more Audio

Residents in South Auckland say packs of unsupervised dogs have them fearing for their safety and their pets lives.

They say the dogs are killing cats and attacking other dogs. Auckland Council's… Read more Audio

A huge North Shore hospital surgical centre sitting unused could be treating more than 15,000 patients a year.

The brand new, 150-bed facility is physically ready but doesn't have enough staff or a… Read more Audio