Morning Report

The Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Kelvin Davis, denies his fellow Maori MPs are shackled in the party. Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP Meka Whaitiri yesterday announced she was leaving Labour to join Te Pati… Read more Audio

Trade unions are urging the Reserve Bank to halt aggressive interest rate rises, for the sake of the economy. In its half-yearly financial stability report yesterday, the bank said the country's… Read more Audio

Jono Ridler has trumped the New Zealand record for open water swimming - going for 33 grueling hours without stopping. Swim4Gulf, Ridler's attempt to inspire urgent action to protect and restore the… Read more Audio

Taranaki civil defence emergency management is encouraging people to take time get prepared ahead of expected heavy rainfall. MetService have issued an Orange- Heavy Rain warning for the Taranaki… Read more Audio

King Charles' Coronation will take place on Saturday night New Zealand time. But everyone watching will see quite a different ceremony from what took place in 1953 at the coronation Queen Elizabeth… Read more Audio

Far from the scandal embroiling his party back home...Prime Minister Chris Hipkins met with King Charles at Buckingham Palace overnight. Mr Hipkins, who is in the United Kingdom for Saturday's… Read more Audio

Former Labour Party MP and government minister Meka Whaitiri says her whakapapa was calling her home, sparking her switch to Te Pati Maori. The 58-year-old MP for Ikaroa-Rawhiti says the decision… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister says he's still not heard from Meka Whaitiri a day after she walked from the Labour Party. Chris Hipkins says he does not believe Ms Whaitiri's snap defection indicates the Labour… Read more Audio

The opposition is demanding more information from the Speaker to explain why the former Minister Meka Whaitiri has not been expelled from Parliament over her shock defection to the Maori Party. Adrian… Read more Audio