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7:27 AM.Only a few days into the job and already new National Party leader Todd Muller is discovering how combustible the top role can be.

Instead of being able to focus on a Covid-19 ravaged economy, he has… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The new National Party Leader Todd Muller has been criticised this week for putting only white faces on his re-jigged front bench. 

The highest ranked Māori MP in his caucus is former Deputy leader… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.The Opposition has become embroiled in debate about its new look under new leadership - a startlingly white line-up on the party's front bench.

This week's reshuffle resulted in no Maori MPs in the… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.New documents reveal the police knew its controversial Armed Response Team trial was flawed from the beginning.

The police launched its six-month Armed Response Team trial as a way to tackle a rise… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Tens of thousands in donors' funds given to the New Zealand First Foundation were spent paying expenses, wages and bills for people closely associated with the New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.

6:42 AM.Eight disability groups that joined forces for the first time, to bid to run communications services for the deaf, hard of hearing and speech impaired, have been stymied.

The $30 million seven-year… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.A founder of the Māori Party, Dame Tariana Turia says it looks as if National has given up trying to attract Māori voters.

The new Opposition Leader Todd Muller is under fire for putting only white… Read more Audio

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

6:20 AM.There are fears Aurora Energy's $400 million upgrade to its power network in Otago will disproportionately affect those least able to afford it.

Under the Dunedin City Council-owned company's… Read more Audio

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

6:08 AM.Māori fishing companies have slashed the prices of some of their top quality products by up to 70  percent for iwi to help support whanau during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Sealord has contributed more… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Marlborough winemakers are hoping the best harvest in a decade will help them shore up exports and boost cellar door sales.

Covid-19 hit hardest as the harvest was in full-swing, forcing a rapid… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.The government has loosened the rules around gatherings saying from midday Friday up to a hundred people will be allowed to congregate.

Many worshipers will once again be allowed to attend services… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Opponents of a controversial Dome Valley Landfill proposal in Auckland are urging the council to give them another month to send in submissions.

The Auckland Council only notified a resource consent… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Drought-stricken farmers in Northland and north Waikato will receive a much needed funding boost to purchase feed supplies.

The Minister of Agriculture, Damien O'Connor, says half a million dollars… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.ACT's David Seymour isn't expecting the new National leader to make a public declaration supporting his hold on the Epsom seat.

Over consecutive elections National's candidates have avoided actively… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revised her remarks on a trans-Tasman bubble with Australia.

Yesterday she told Morning Report restrictions on movement between Australia's states would need to be… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Plans to resume Wellington's billion dollar highway project are being hindered by the loss of key overseas workers.

It's now been 10 weeks since Transmission Gully was put on hold - and there's still… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Much anticipated reforms to the Family Court are the latest casualty of Covid-19.

The government has passed legislation under urgency allowing parents to use lawyers throughout disputes involving… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Senior National MP Amy Adams says she decided to delay her retirement from politics after she was approached by the party's new leader Todd Muller.

Last year the Selwyn MP revealed her plan to walk… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.For 12 weeks from the eighth of June, the government will pay up to $490 a week to people who lose their job due to Covid-19, and it estimates around 230,000 people could apply.

The maximum amount… Read more Audio