Morning Report

If you thought coalition negotiations here in New Zealand have been dragging on, spare a thought for Spaniards, who, after 4 months, finally know who's in charge.

Pedro Sanchez of the Spanish… Read more Audio

Brisket, bone-in, chuck, prime, sirloin and short rib - just about any other cut you can imagine - is being cooked up at this year's Canterbury A&P Show.

It's part of the annual Let There Be Meat BBQ… Read more Audio

Swimming, fishing and paddling may now resume at popular central Auckland beaches, just in time for summer.

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei held karakia at Ōkahu Bay this morning to formally lift the rāhui which… Read more Audio

A market with a distinctly Waikato flavour is making its mark in Hamilton's old regional council building.

Developers are hoping locals will get in behind the precinct and make Made Market an urban… Read more Audio

Daryl Mitchell's stunning innings of 135 runs proved in vain this morning as the Black Caps fell to a 70 run defeat to India in their Cricket World Cup semi-final in Wankhede.

The unbeaten hosts… Read more Audio

A Christchurch councillor who's fed up with secrecy of meetings has finally made headway on making informal meetings open to the public.

Councillors voted unanimously on Wednesday to investigate… Read more Audio

Organisational psychologist John Eatwell says bringing in charging on its own won't be enough to get people out of their cars.

This after Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown pushed for a congestion charge to… Read more Audio

A Parihaka kaumatua hopes a 70-kilometre swathe of the Taranaki coastline will eventually become a mātaitai or customary fishing reserve.

Mahara Okeroa was instrumental in putting in place a rāhui on… Read more Audio

Israeli troops have stormed Gaza's main hospital. Al-Shifa Hospital - the largest in the region - has been surrounded by intense fighting for days.

The hospital suspended operations over the weekend… Read more Audio