Morning Report

Police in the UK are questioning a man on suspicion of murder after two students and a man were stabbed to death in Nottingham. The two students killed were 19-years-olds Grace O'Malley-Kumar and… Read more Audio

Italy's held a National Day of Mourning to mark the funeral of former Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi.

Around 2000 people were inside Milan's Duomo cathedral for the service, with thousands more… Read more Audio

A ghost town - that's what Fox Glacier residents feared their town would become after access to their main tourist attraction was severed four years ago. In March 2019, a major landslide destroyed the… Read more Audio

Researchers say the ripple effects of providing healthy meals in schools extend wider than a free lunch. The $260 million Healthy School Lunch Programme, Ka Ora, Ka Ako, provides free meals to schools… Read more Audio

The New Plymouth District Council has pushed ahead with an average rates rise of 12.4 percent despite being faced with an - at times - hostile Civic Centre crowd. They were fired up by revelations… Read more Audio

The dysfunction at the Gore District Council has been on display again with a petition calling on chief executive Stephen Parry to resign. The petition was rejected by all councillors at a meeting… Read more Audio

Police are warning of travel disruption in eastern Bay of Plenty as hundreds of gang members follow the hearse carrying the body of Mongrel Mob President Steven Taiatini from Opotiki to the Hillcrest… Read more Audio

Cheap public transport for young people, a big pledge in the latest Budget, has hit a snag with some councils unable to verify passengers' age. The plan, which will see riders aged between five and… Read more Audio

Thousands of people in emergency housing motels are without higher fire safety protections, despite Cabinet promises six months ago to set standards for the first time. The government - which was… Read more Audio

Thousands of Hawkes Bay people with cyclone wrecked homes can start sitting down with council officials from today to nut out what exactly is going to happen to their properties. 236 are in the… Read more Audio