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7:36 AM.The ACT party is calling for a referendum on co-governance.

It says the country is abandoning liberal democracy and replacing it with an "ethno state" where there are two types of people: Tangata… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Western leaders have agreed to strengthen their forces in Eastern Europe and impose fresh sanctions as the Russian assault on Ukraine enters its second month.

On a busy day of diplomacy in Brussels… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Gisborne and smaller settlements up the coast are still cut off with major damage to roads and bridges after this weeks deluge.

Firefighters and St John personnel remain on standby in Tolaga Bay, in… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Amnesty International is a longtime critic of Australia's treatment of refugees.

It has described the treatment of asylum seekers in detention centres as abbhorrent and amounting to torture.

New… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.An extraordinary backdown by the Australian Government will see hundreds of refugees loosed from limbo and allowed to resettle in New Zealand.

But the near-decade delay means the breakthrough brings… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Contractors in Tairāwhiti are facing a myriad of roadblocks as they try to fix the region's roads.

Repair works are being hampered by the closure of State Highway 35 from Potaka to Tolaga Bay, as… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.In a major u-turn, Australia has accepted a longstanding offer from New Zealand to take refugees from detention centres in the Pacific.

As a result, this country will take 150 refugees a year for… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.A Tokomaru Bay café situated just off the main highway is bringing out the mops and buckets after the week's floods - but half of their staff are stuck on the other side of town.

Café 35 owner Peter… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.An extraordinary backdown by the Australian government will allow hundreds of refugees to resettle in New Zealand.

But the near-decade delay means the breakthrough brings little comfort to those… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Vaccination rates among beneficiaries have leapt forward since October.

Last year around a third of beneficiaries were vaccinated, now it has jumped to 74 percent. The rate is still lagging for Māori… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.The severe weather warning has now been lifted for the Gisborne district and the rain has eased, so the cleanup can begin.

Reporter Andrew McRae, who's driven west of Gisborne on State Highway 2 and… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Six people have been shot in the Auckland suburb of Glen Innes in the early hours of this morning. Five are in Auckland City Hospital, two in a serious condition.

Katie Todd spoke to Morning Report… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Many of us have become comfortable with working from home in our pajamas during the Omicron outbreak, but those days are now limited with Covid-19 restrictions being eased.

Employment lawyers say… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Advocacy group Business NZ says ending Covid-19 mandates is a step in the right direction.

From April 5 businesses will no longer be required to check vaccine passes and mandates will only be… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.What's the public reaction to the announcements?

As we know, vaccine passes are to go and mandates will start being phased out in just under two weeks.

Niva Chittock took to the streets of Otautahi.

8:12 AM.Wild weather is continuing in Tairāwhiti this morning, following a tense night for many in the sodden region.

Tolaga Bay area civil defence officer Greg Sheltford spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio