Morning Report

National wants to introduce a traffic light system that could see some beneficiaries docked income, and NZ First wants to cap the job seeker benefit at two years over a person's lifetime.

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Auckland Transport has spent $6 million dollars on staff redundancies as part of a drive to cut costs.

It includes payouts to nine people who had been offered other jobs within AT but who decided to… Read more Audio

Electricity lines companies are being told to bolster their networks to make them more resilient in the face of more frequent severe weather.

The Commerce Commission is warning all lines companies… Read more Audio

If every New Zealander living in Australia voted this election, they would make up approximately thirteen percent of the total vote.

That's according to Every Kiwi Vote Counts - an organisation that… Read more Audio

Some roads around Parliament have been closed ahead of political protests planned for tomorrow and later in the week.

Those streets include part of Lambton Quay, lower Molesworth Street, Kate… Read more Audio

Half the country's court buildings are crumbling, some are not safe, many are leaking.

The cost of fixing them has blown out past $1 billion, forcing a flagship project to be crimped to fit.

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A beneficiaries advocate says election promises to impose sanctions on people who don't find a job are not helpful.

The National Party has vowed to dock the pay of some beneficiaries if they aren't… Read more Audio

A US lawyer is cautioning New Zealand police to think twice about becoming more reliant on American taser and drone supplier Axon.

The police are poised to replace their old Axon tasers with new ones… Read more Audio

Windy Wellington is certainly living up to its name, with gale force winds overnight.

Gusts of a hundred and ten kilometres an hour were recorded at Mount Kaukau.

The top of the South Island also… Read more Audio