Morning Report

The MBIE Intelligence unit, MI, says it is using a controversial Internet search tool, Cobwebs, exclusively to counter the risk of a mass arrival of asylum seekers by boat.

A business case shows it… Read more Audio

The surge in pet ownership during Covid lockdowns is now biting back. Auckland council says 2,500 dog attacks were reported in the year to June: 250 more than the year before.

And about the same… Read more Audio

Pacific youth and first-time voters in Te Wai Pounamu feel forgotten and ill equipped ahead of the election.

Pasifika are the fastest growing youth population in New Zealand.

For many, the cost of… Read more Audio

Retail NZ wants the government to join forces with retailers to fight back against escalating crime.

Research by the group says 92 percent of retailers have experienced some form of crime in the past… Read more Audio

An ambitious new project aims to re-plant and restore at least two million hectares of native forest over the next 10 years.

Recloaking Papatūānuku has won the attention of government ministers, with… Read more Audio