Morning Report

The new government has begun the process of disestablishing Te Pūkenga.

The Minister for Tertiary Education sent a letter of expectations to the organisation on Thursday, stating it is no longer a… Read more Audio

For the record, there's just something about vinyl.

Whether it's the hiss and crackle as the needle drops or that warm analogue sound, it's the music format that just refuses to die.

Taranaki… Read more Audio

A team of researchers in Auckland have been testing New Zealand's bridges - those cookie-cutter concrete ones built by the Ministry of Works in the 1930s and '50s.

Lead researcher Lucas Hogan says… Read more Audio

People who are using melatonin to help them sleep are questioning the price New Zealanders are paying for the medication.

Many including those who are neurodiverse say it costs too much and they are… Read more Audio

An assessment expert is warning the consequence of imposing co-requisite testing in literacy and numeracy to pass NCEA could result in students giving up entirely without completing school.

From… Read more Audio

The new government has instructed Te Pūkenga to halt its multi-million-dollar transformation - putting hundreds of jobs in limbo.

The organisation's chief executive told staff on Thursday they were… Read more Audio

A senior St John specialist has been questioned about why one of the first paramedics at the scene of the Christchurch terror attacks waited for orders before starting to help dead and dying victims.

Auckland council has comprehensively rejected the previous Labour Government's proposal for transport tunnels underneath Waitematā Harbour.

The council's transport committee voted against the… Read more Audio

A senior Labour MP has gone a step too far for his party in labelling Israel's actions in Gaza, genocide.

Damien O'Connor was one of a number of opposition MPs dismayed at the government's refusal to… Read more Audio

The United Nations chief is warning of a total humanitarian collapse in Gaza, as the conflict between Hamas and Israel reaches the two-month mark.

Israel's military is focusing its assault on… Read more Audio