Morning Report

Two high-profile visitors are in Wellington today - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in New… Read more Audio

A week on from the tragic shooting at a worksite in Auckland's CBD, a ceremony is being held to lift the tapu from the building.

Three men died in the attack, including the 24-year-old shooter, Matu… Read more Audio

A warning, this story is distressing.

Lauren Dickason's own mother has told the court she seemed absent in the final months before she left Pretoria, South Africa, for Timaru.

Wendy Fawkes gave… Read more Audio

Chief High Court and District Court Judges have written a letter to the rest of the country's judges sounding the alarm about high workloads and stress for lawyers.

The courts are playing catch-up… Read more Audio

A big police hunt continues this morning to find the body of Christchurch woman Yanfei Bao who vanished last Wednesday.

The investigation head Detective Inspector Nicola Reeves says the real estate… Read more Audio

Greater regulation of social media is being called for, to slow the growth of fake news online.

With the election only a couple of months away, there are some New Zealand-specific solutions being… Read more Audio

The Social Development Ministry has embarked on a $2 billion makeover that consultants, called "strategic partners", are already making many millions of dollars from. The programme overspent by at… Read more Audio

For the first time in World Cup history the two finalists from the previous tournament will meet in the group stage today when the US and the Netherlands take to the field in Wellington.

Jonathan… Read more Audio

Australia's Prime Minister says plans for seamless travel between Australia and New Zealand could take less than a year to set up.

Anthony Albanese and Chris Hipkins have announced a taskforce to… Read more Audio

By this time next year, one step through a SmartGate could be the single border security hoop travellers have to jump through for a Trans-Tasman flight.

An announcement on simplifying travel was the… Read more Audio

Family and friends of Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao are grieving as they come to grips with the news they were hoping not to hear - police believe the 44-year-old woman is dead.

The… Read more Audio