Morning Report

Wellington Water's warning fixing the region's water woes would take about $1 billion each year.

It says that's wholly unaffordable for councils, and the Government would need to chip in.

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Stray fireworks set a house on fire in Auckland overnight.

Fire and Emergency says the fire began when fireworks hit the upper deck of the property in Mount Roskill.

FENZ spokesperson Adrian Nacey… Read more Audio

The city of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, is naming a street after New Zealand aid worker Andrew Bagshaw in honour of the lives he saved.

Bagshaw died in Ukraine in January while working as a volunteer.

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Negotiations to form the next Government will ramp up on Monday, now that more than half a million special votes have been counted, and the final shape of the next Parliament is known.

There are a… Read more Audio

Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killers of children - and for unknown reasons, a third of cases are in Māori tamariki.

Auckland University researchers are using artificial intelligence to… Read more Audio

National Party leader Christopher Luxon will begin ramping up coalition talks from Monday.

Apart from some recounts in tight electorates, the incoming Prime Minister now has a clearer view of what… Read more Audio

Facial recognition technology has failed almost half the time in tests of a landmark government system called Identity Check.

Official information documents raise the prospect of it failing even more… Read more Audio

Pacific Leaders and their delegations are starting to arrive in Rarotonga for the largest annual leaders meeting - the Pacific Islands Forum.

New Zealand's incoming prime minister Christopher Luxon… Read more Audio

Students begin sitting their end-of-year exams on Monday, a stressful time for many.

And on top of that, for those in parts of the country affected by severe weather, it's been yet another disrupted… Read more Audio

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told the visiting US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, that there must be an immediate ceasefire.

Blinken has been meeting with leaders in the Middle… Read more Audio

National and Act had the barest majority on election night, but the picture changed with the final result, confirming that New Zealand First must be in the mix.

Policy positions are being worked… Read more Audio