Morning Report

The Bird of the Year contest is cancelled for 2023.

The annual poll run by Forest and Bird has had some tumultuous moments: voting scandals, a bat (a mammal!) winning, and a competition favourite… Read more Audio

The Crown has settled and apologised to three North Island iwi after leaving them almost completely landless following war and a series of land confiscations.

A Deed of Settlement between the Crown… Read more Audio

The All Blacks battered the Wallabies on Saturday night, retaining the Bledisloe Cup and the Rugby Championship with a 38-7 win at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Australian coach Eddie Jones had… Read more Audio

The Spanish football team has bailed out of its Palmerston North base and will spend the remainder of the world cup in Wellington.

Despite the town's very large square, premier miniature railway… Read more Audio

Local councils are preparing to lobby the next government in a bid to get a greater share of money and power.

The sector met in Christchurch at the weekend for its annual conference, agreeing to try… Read more Audio

The Ministry of Health is refusing to correct mistakes in its Paritutu Serum Dioxin study and has instead shut down access to data revealing the errors.

From the 1960s through to 1987, Ivon Watkins… Read more Audio

Fire and Emergency is issuing renewed warnings about the risks of lithium-ion batteries after an e-scooter caught fire as it was charging in a Wellington apartment.

A person was taken to hospital in… Read more Audio

After decades of waiting, the people of inland Otago finally have a two-lane bridge over the Clutha River at Beaumont.

The $25 million bridge opened to traffic yesterday, but only after about 1500… Read more Audio

Disappointed but proud - that's how many Football Fern fans are feeling after last night's nail-biting nil-all draw against Switzerland.

The Dunedin game means the Ferns are out of the FIFA Women's… Read more Audio