Morning Report

More than $13 million intended for the country's cyclone recovery effort is sitting in a bank account collecting dust.

The government's Cyclone Gabrielle Appeal Fund includes $11.7 million from a… Read more Audio

National's candidate for Hamilton East - and the frontrunner to win the electorate - has been a staunch opponent to fluoridation of water, vaccine mandates and supported groups that spread… Read more Audio

ACT's leader David Seymour has apologised after it emerged one of his supporters hit a member of the media at his party's campaign launch.

The confrontation came after protesters from a fringe party… Read more Audio

Chants of ''up the wahs'' are probably still echoing two days after a show stopping victory against Newcastle on Saturday night.

The Warriors are just one win away from a third NRL grand final after… Read more Audio

A climate change researcher is urging the Government to bring in maximum heat limits for rest homes and childcare centres, to protect vulnerable people.

As both temperatures and Aotearoa's elderly… Read more Audio

Creative NZ's chief executive has been censured for "significant failings" of leadership by senior managers when staff were stranded at the flooded Auckland airport in January.

Nearly 30 workers… Read more Audio

Severe gales have wreaked havoc throughout central parts of the country on Sunday night.

In the Wellington region, State Highway Two over the Remutakas was closed after gusts topped 150-kilometres… Read more Audio

An official in eastern Libya has denied allegations that many of those killed in devastating floods were told to stay in their homes.

Othman Abdul Jalil, a spokesperson for the Benghazi-based… Read more Audio

Fiji has beaten Australia in the first upset of the Rugby World Cup, It's their first win in 69 years.

RNZ Sports journalist Joe Porter spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

The National Party candidate who is the frontrunner to win the Hamilton East electorate has been a staunch opponent of fluoridation of water, vaccine mandates and has supported groups that spread… Read more Audio

The ACT Party's glitzy campaign launch was overshadowed by a moustachioed protestor who snuck into the event - incognito - at the weekend.

More than 500 people gathered in Auckland's Civic Theatre… Read more Audio