Morning Report

Auckland Council will meet on Thursday to vote on the way forward for flood and slip-damaged homes that can be salvaged if work is done to future-proof them from natural hazards.

A report to council… Read more Audio

A landmark motorway once lauded for its green credentials is now racking up environmental black marks.

Transmission Gully is being operated near Wellington by a consortium of financiers and… Read more Audio

Gun-related threats against state highway roadworkers have more than doubled this year. In some cases, security guards have had to be brought in to protect workers when the abuse has become too… Read more Audio

A Māori technology ethicist says the government is allowing tech companies to use Māori as guinea pigs for facial recognition technology.

A Māori Reference Group at the Ministry of Social Development… Read more Audio

Auckland Transport wants shopping centres and malls to be proactive in managing traffic ahead of Black Friday sales and Christmas shopping.

It is urging the city's malls to encourage the use of… Read more Audio

The Auckland offices of several National MPs have been vandalised overnight by a pro-Palestine group calling for politicians to support a ceasefire of the conflict in Gaza.

Tamaki for Palestine… Read more Audio

The guns and missiles are still firing in the Gaza conflict but Thursday evening they may fall silent.

More than six weeks after the war began a temporary ceasefire was voted through by the Israeli… Read more Audio

Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon flew to the capital on Wednesday night to finish up coalition negotiations.

The National Party leader has told reporters at Auckland Airport that he and the… Read more Audio

The leaders of both National and ACT have returned to the Capital, where it's hoped a coalition deal will soon be announced.

As of Wednesday afternoon, there were only a few outstanding issues for… Read more Audio

Generative AI is the extraordinary new technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT.

It works by predicting what's likely to come next. But even ChatGPT is unlikely to have predicted the recent… Read more Audio