Morning Report

After wreaking havoc on Vanuatu's northern provinces, Cyclone Lola has been downgraded to Category 1.

Winds close to the centre have slowed dramatically.

Due to communications outages, the full… Read more Audio

Vital United Nations aid facilities in the Gaza Strip are just hours from being forced to close unless they can access fuel supplies immediately.

If they are unable to continue tens of thousands of… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister says Winston Peters has posted completely inaccurate information online about what Jacinda Ardern knew about the mosque terror attacks before they happened.

In a post on X, the New… Read more Audio

Could it be the land of the long black cloud on Sunday?

Even it is, a sports psychologist says New Zealanders would cope with an All Blacks loss better than they have in the past.

Garry Hermanson… Read more Audio

It has been 28 years since the Springboks and the All Blacks met in the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

The Springboks won that day, as Nelson Mandela famously held the Web Ellis trophy aloft.

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The $15 billion Lake Onslow battery project appears to be dead in the water, with the election of a new National-led government.

Labour has so far bankrolled the 'investigations phase' of the pumped… Read more Audio

Wellington City councillors have voted for the Town Hall redevelopment to be completed despite a huge budget blowout.

Councillors considered four options on the building's future, with 13 councillors… Read more Audio

The police use of surveillance technology allowing them to collect footage of vehicle number plates is being challenged in court by defendants.

At the heart of the arguments is whether the tech… Read more Audio

A senior police inspector has defended the lower priority given to an emergency call alerting them to threats from the Christchurch terrorist.

It came during the second day of the Christchurch… Read more Audio

After wreaking havoc on Vanuatu's northern provinces, Cyclone Lola has been downgraded to Category 1.

The cyclone first made landfall on Tuesday, and due to communications outages, the full scale of… Read more Audio

The UN's secretary general Antonio Guterres says he is "shocked by misinterpretations" of his comments about Israel's bombardment and blockade of the Gaza strip.

Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad… Read more Audio