Morning Report

With a hot, dry, El Niño summer forecast, Nelson people are worried about the heightened wildfire risk and anxious to avoid a repeat of the big Pigeon Valley fire in 2019.

As Samantha Gee reports… Read more Audio

The Reserve Bank says most households are managing higher mortgage repayments and the banking sector is strong.

That information in its Financial Stability Report released on Wednesday.

It said by… Read more Audio

Auckland Council has announced it will provide funding for owners of Category 2P properties - meaning those requiring property-specific mitigation works, such as improving drainage or raising houses.

Forty-four percent of the country's prison population are remand prisoners being held ahead of trial.

But police are working hard to reduce that number with a multi-million-dollar project 'Reframe'… Read more Audio

Wellington City Councillors accused of leaking information about the derelict Reading Cinema site in central Wellington are refusing to take part in an investigation.

The complaint, made last month… Read more Audio

Auckland Council says it will begin buy-out talks with category 3 homeowners, and will compensate those category 2 homeowners who need to have work done to reduce the future risk to life at their… Read more Audio

The first police officers inside Al Noor mosque after the 2019 Christchurch terror attacks say they did not have the staff or the medical supplies to properly begin treating and removing badly injured… Read more Audio

The latest labour market data shows wages rose by 4.3 percent in the past year.

Growth in the public sector far outpaced that in the private sector - which is attributed to large settlements in… Read more Audio

One person has died in a house fire on Wednesday night in Hamilton.

Reporter Felix Walton spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Read more Audio