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6:43 AM.Waikato health authorities are ramping up testing capacity and hoping two positive Covid-19 cases in the region will cause a rush on vaccinations.

The cases yesterday prompted the Government to put… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Runners have pounded the UK capital's streets in a record-breaking London marathon.

The 42 kilometre race returned for the first full-scale staging of the race in more than two years, following the… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Covid-19 vaccination rates among Māori are only about two-thirds of those of the general population, a figure which is worrying health officials.

Only 55 percent of Māori have had their first dose… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:52 AM.An eagle with long talons once roamed the skies of South Australia, while terrorising koalas.

Scientists have confirmed a fossil, found five years ago, is of a newly discovered species that was alive… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Journalists are sometimes waiting more than a year to get their hands on court documents.

Some reporters say they don't even get a response to requests.

They say the delays are preventing the public… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.It's the opening day for trout fishing season, and fishermen up and down the South Island are dusting off their rods and gumboots.

Peter Meecham is a lifelong trout fisherman and was out on the… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Friday is D-day for councils to consider the government's Three Waters proposal and to give their feedback.

There has been a lot of debate over what the reform will mean - with some especially… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The Minister for Pacific Peoples says some people sick with Covid-19 have never engaged with the health system before.

Aupito William Sio, who is also an Associate Minister of Health, told Morning… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.A new counter-terror law, which would criminalise the planning of a terror attack, has been passed with support by both major parties in Parliament.

The Counter-Terrorism Legislation makes planning… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.Orthopaedic surgeons say it will be impossible to ever "catch up" on all the operations delayed by Covid-19.

They are warning some patients have waited too long and may suffer life-long effects.

… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Relief has flooded through the Marokopa and Kiritehere communities now that Thomas Phillips and his three children have returned home alive and well.

Phillips and eight year old Jayda Jin, six year… Read more Audio

7:58 AM.Latin music queen Shakira is known for her song 'Hips Don't Lie', but the singer is making headlines for other reasons now after being attacked and robbed - by a couple of swines.

Two wild boars took… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Two decades years after the death of one of Europe's most famous 20th century artists, one of his last unbuilt designs is coming to life in Whangarei.

The opening of the Hundertwasser Art Centre has… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.It's been four months since the Ashburton district was slammed with a one in two hundred year flood and still the clean up continues.

With most of the $4 million in government help now accounted for… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Young people are set to have more choices in their NCEA subjects and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa  - including Te Reo Pākehā, the study of English through an explicit reo Māori and ao Māori lens.

The… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.There are early signs the pandemic has had a bigger impact on NCEA results this year than last year.

School holidays begin at the end of today and Qualifications Authority figures show teenagers are… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The All Blacks have already wrapped up the Rugby Championship title, but they're determined to end the competition unbeaten by winning tomorrow night's test against South Africa on the Gold Coast.

It… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.The South Korean drama 'Squid Game', which has taken the world by storm. It's hit number one on Netflix in 90 countries, including here.

The hyper-violent show has hoards of young people including… Read more Audio