Morning Report

Two new state-of-the-art slides will be available at Hanmer Springs pools from Wednesday.

The Violet Vortex and Waiau Winder, named by a public vote, feature lighting and visual technology never seen… Read more Audio

Te Whatu Ora is moving to check the safety of hospital laboratories nationwide.

This comes after workers' exposure to toxic fumes and typhoid, delays in test results jeopardising patient care, and IT… Read more Audio

Both major parties are again claiming to have found holes in their rival's fiscal plans.

Labour says National policies would require larger spending cuts than forecast, while National says Labour's… Read more Audio

National's finance spokesperson, Nicola Willis, is again defending her party's fiscal plan despite a fresh attack from Labour.

Labour says National would require more than $3 billion in cuts to… Read more Audio

The four best teams at the Rugby World Cup are on one side of the draw and only two of them can progress past this weekend's quarter-finals, but which pair will it be?

France, the All Blacks, Ireland… Read more Audio

National's proposed boot camps for repeat young offenders are being described as a dumping ground for troubled young people.

While recorded youth crime has been steadily declining since 2007, there… Read more Audio

The huge sinkhole in the Auckland suburb of Parnell is causing a stink with neighbouring business reporting foul smells in the area.

The sinkhole opened up last month above a broken and blogged sewer… Read more Audio

Voters in the Port Waikato electorate won't be electing their local MP this Saturday because of the sudden death of ACT's candidate Neil Christensen.

They have to wait until a byelection is called… Read more Audio

Israel's military has drafted a record 300,000 reservists in its response to a multi-front Hamas attack from Gaza and says it is "going on the offensive".

Benjy Treister is a New Zealander whose… Read more Audio