Morning Report

The very first Moana Auckland festival begins Saturday in Tāmaki Makaurau, a month-long festival set up to celebrate the city of sail's love affair with the ocean.

A range of events and activities… Read more Audio

A Wellington taxi company says it's dropping its flat card fee - which it has been applying to Eftpos payments in order to comply with Commerce Commission rules.

But other taxi companies are… Read more Audio

It's a time of year to relish for lovers of art and culture.

Friday sees the opening of both the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts in Wellington and the Hamilton Arts Festival.

And numerous… Read more Audio

The Chiefs take on defending champions the Crusaders in the Super Rugby Pacific 2024 season-opening match Friday Night.

Robertson has moved on to coach the All Blacks, ending his extraordinary reign… Read more Audio

This weekend is the second anniversary of Russia launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Since then at least 10,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed, and over six million have sought refuge… Read more Audio

The Finance Minister Nicola Willis is in Sydney and met with her Australian counter-part Jim Chalmers on Thursday.

She said she shared the coalition Government's plans to grow trade and to deepen… Read more Audio

The EU's climate service says humanity has experienced its first year of living at temperatures most countries have been trying to avoid.

It's been a long, hot summer in New Zealand, with… Read more Audio

All this week a Royal Commission of Inquiry has been touring Northland to hear first-hand how people were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The inquiry was set up by the previous government with the… Read more Audio