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8:10 AM.Over 1000 seasonal workers from Vanuatu stranded in New Zealand will finally return home this week, with the first flight departing Christchurch this morning.

The repatriation flights are thanks to a… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Today marks the inaugural World Albatross Day.

While it is a day of celebration for the species, not all is well for the birds.

RNZ Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown headed out to the world's… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Former national security advisor John Bolton's memoir has sent shock waves through US politics as the former aide alleges President Trump isn't "fit for office".

The Trump administration will go to… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.The extent of the economic hit from Covid 19 is starting to be come clear.

GDP figures for the first three months of the year are worse than expected with the economy shrinking for the first time in… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.In its latest regional roundup, Westpac says the Covid-19 pandemic will be a great leveller, with no region coming out unscathed.

Every region in the country is forecast to be heading for a deep… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The future of a Trans-Tasman bubble is under threat.

Australia's Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham has warned that his country's border will most likely be locked down until 2021.

The infection… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.The man now in charge of the isolation and quarantine system has declined to be interviewed on Morning Report.

Air Commodore Digby Webb is expected to hold a news conference later today.

Defence… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.A woman who arrived in the country on the same flight as a man who now has Covid-19 had to badger health staff before they would test her.

The test eventually happened yesterday - five days after her… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.A powerful offshore earthquake has been felt throughout the North Island and parts of the South, but there is no tsunami threat.

The magnitude 7.4 jolt struck about ten to one this morning, south of… Read more Audio

6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

6:50 AM.Professional netball is back with the resumption of the ANZ Premiership in Auckland tonight.

The 10-week elite domestic league becomes the first professional women's sporting competition in the… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.CT and T - the new release - out today - from rising star in the New Zealand hip-hop scene Diggy Dupé.

It's the second single of his forthcoming solo album explores his life as a young Niuean New… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.The Health Minister says he relied on assurances from Ministry officials that routine testing of people in managed isolation and quarantine was taking place.

David Clark has been under fire this… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.A woman who arrived in the country on the same flight as a man who now has Covid-19 had to badger health staff before they would test her.

The man, in his 60s, arrived from Melbourne on 13 June and… Read more Audio

6:38 AM.As you slept last night a powerful offshore earthquake struck north of New Zealand.

Felt throughout the North Island and parts of the South island, the magnitude 7.4 jolt struck about ten to one this… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:10 AM.The number of people  looking for work in Taranaki has jumped 25.6 percent since just before the Covid-19 lockdown to total more than 9700 on 5 June - with Māori and people under the age of 30 the… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.The direct descendant of one of the occupants of Kirikiriroa Pā says he supports a dual name for Hamilton. 

A former mayor of Hamilton has called for a public referendum on whether to restore the… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.Hospices will not be forced to help people to die if New Zealanders vote to legalise voluntary euthanasia at this year's general election.

A High Court judge has said there is nothing in the End of… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.The first quarter GDP numbers will be released today, showing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the shutdown of most businesses.

Broad expectations are for a drop in gross domestic… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.US President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton says President Trump sought Chinese President Xi Jinping's help to get re-elected during a closed-door meeting last year.

In… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Fulton County District Attorney has charged the fired Atlanta police officer, Garrett Rolfe with felony murder for the shooting of Rayshard Brooks on June 12.

Another officer on the scene, Devin… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A Taranaki iwi says it has walked away from a track upgrade project in Egmont National Park after failing to find out where millions of taxpayers money is being spent.

Ngati Ruanui says its Official… Read more Audio