Morning Report

A stoush over crabapples and carparks has prompted scabs to be picked among Gore District councillors.

The Council has been beset by infighting and controversy since then 23-year-old Ben Bell rolled… Read more Audio

A landmark threat-reporting system for the public to counter terrorism and extremist violence is in limbo.

The system was a key recommendation after the Christchurch mosque attacks, with the Royal… Read more Audio

More than ten million Australians have had their phone and internet coverage restored after a widespread Optus outage.

Parts of the country descended into chaos as trains, businesses and even contact… Read more Audio

The Pacific Islands Forum is continuing, with Labour's deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni and National Party foreign spokesperson Gerry Brownlee representing Aotearoa.

University of Canterbury professor… Read more Audio

Signs warning Aucklanders to stay out of the water and not fish are likely to be permanent on a number of inner city wharfs and beaches this summer.

Sewage spilled into the Waitematā Habour at a rate… Read more Audio

The Black Caps will play Sri Lanka in Bengaluru on Thursday night in a match that is effectively a Cricket World Cup quarterfinal.

Win, and it's highly likely New Zealand will progress to the… Read more Audio

An associate professor and neonatal paediatrician from Auckland University is describing Pharmac's decision not to fund an RSV-preventative drug as "disappointing".

For the last three winters the… Read more Audio

A Hawke's Bay school community that lost its classrooms in Cyclone Gabrielle has been flooded again - this time out of its temporary home. 

On Tuesday night, heavy rain caused floods, road closures… Read more Audio

Ivanka Trump, the former president's oldest daughter and close confidante, took to the stand today in the civil fraud trial against her father and brothers.

Ivanka's testimony came two days after her… Read more Audio