Morning Report

It's time for our weekly political panel.

This week NZ Herald deputy political editor Thomas Coughlan joined RNZ's deputy political editor Craig McCulloch. Read more Audio

Having put their rescue skills into practice during Cyclone Gabrielle, the country's top surf life savers are now looking foward to the spirit of competition at this weekend's national IRB… Read more Audio

Apia Park in Samoa will be roaring on Friday afternoon, with more than 20,000 Moana Pasifika rugby fans expected to turn out for the club's first ever home game as they take on the Queensland Reds.

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A new study published today shows how dangerously close Aotearoa New Zealand is to a national measles outbreak because of low immunisation rates in children.

The Otago University research, published… Read more Audio

For opponents to the government's planned three waters reform, changes announced yesterday doesn't do enough to address concerns over community ownership and local decision making.

For supporters… Read more Audio

Iwi leaders are relieved the three waters shake-up keeps mana whenua representation in the new water entities. 

But while the arrangement -- which the Prime Minister insists isn't co-governance --… Read more Audio

An academic specialising in construction doubts that a high-number of cranes on building sites is a true indication the sector is showing resilience.

The latest crane index from quantity surveyors… Read more Audio

Climate change isn't just harming the health of the planet, its also harming the health of people living on it. 

That warning comes in an editorial published in the New Zealand Medical Journal… Read more Audio

In the wake of an independent report which showed Auckland's council wasn't ready for the scale of the anniversary weekend flooding event, emails and other communication released to RNZ illustrate the… Read more Audio