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7:26 AM.Cabinet will today review the country's traffic light settings.

Aucklanders are divided about whether the city should stay in red or move to orange.

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke to… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.In one of the largest tornado events in United States history, more than 30 tornadoes have been reported in at least six states, including Missouri, Tennessee and Mississippi.

Strong winds collapsed… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.It's decision day for traffic light settings.

Cabinet will meet this afternoon to discuss what parts of the country stay or change.

Epidemiologist Rod Jackson spoke to Morning Report's Susie… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.It's decision day for Auckland, with a possibility the city will move to fewer restrictions, as case numbers fall and vaccination rates rise.

The number of people in hospital has also fallen since… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Businesses in Te Waipounamu's West Coast want to go even further, asking for a green light for Christmas. 

Development West Coast's chief executive Heath Milne spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

6:44 AM.It's decision day for Auckland, Northland, Tairāwhiti and Whanganui with they possibility all or some will move out of red and into the orange light setting.

Businesses in Te Tai Tokerau want the… Read more Audio

6:37 AM.An update from RNZ's sports team's Joe Porter.

Max Verstappen has beaten Sir Lewis Hamilton in the final F1 race of the season in Abu Dhabi to take his first World Championship in controversial… Read more Audio

6:25 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:24 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector with Nicholas Pointon.  Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Māori, Pasifika and Asian people are still drastically under-represented on the payroll at the Environment Ministry despite some gains last year.

The lack of diversity is particularly obvious in… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.A new house on a site so tiny that its owners worried it wouldn't fit, has taken top honours in the latest Institute of Architects' awards.

Auckland architect Lisa Webb said making sure the house… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.It's a big weekend for the national lottery which is celebrating its 60th birthday this Sunday.

Niva Chittock takes a look back at our lottery over the years and the good it has done in the… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.The conference industry is looking for solutions and optimism as it wrestles with significant losses from the pandemic.

An industry worth $1.5 billion two years ago has been slashed by almost three… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.An urgent hearing of the Waitangi Tribunal into the government's response to Covid-19 will wrap up today. 

The case was brought by the Māori Council, which argues the vaccine rollout and rushed move… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.It's only two days into the Ashes but already the touring English cricketers are being described by some as a rabble and written off as any chance in the five-test series.

Australia powered to 343… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Getting ready for a Covid-19 summer is not easy - with complicated travel plans and anti-vax relatives - it's a Christmas season like no other.

What if Uncle Bob wears his mask under his nose, and… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.In London, a people's tribunal has ruled that China is committing genocide against the Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities through policies such as forced sterilisations.

The Uyghur Tribunal had… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.The Government's bold smokefree plan will prevent the next generation from ever accessing tobacco - a "world first" step towards a healthier future.

Business owners say it's "dairygeddon" for stores… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Frustrated nurses overseas who want to come home to work are finding it's too hard to get back - even with special spots in MIQ.

Some say there are still too many barriers - and one nurse just gave… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.As Christmas inches closer, bakers up and down the country are desperately waiting for the supermarket shelves to be restocked with brown sugar.

A major product recall last month, over fears of… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.A trans and non-binary researcher says it felt amazing watching a bill that will ease the process of changing the sex on someone's birth certificate pass its final reading.

The legislation passed… Read more Audio