Morning Report

The National Party says climate change and reslience needs to become a primary focus when funding decisions are made in the transport sector. Waka Kotahi's National Resilience Programme Business Case… Read more Audio

The controversial advertising agency Topham Guerin which was handpicked for a $500,000 contract to make memes for the covid information campaign in early 2020 ended up working just three weeks in the… Read more Audio

New Plymouth Mayor Neil Holdom says if Ben Bell was older, perhaps as old as 76-year-old Auckland mayor Wayne Brown, the whole affair would have been reported differently. He spoke with Corin Dann Read more Audio

The dust has settled in Gore and its young, embattled mayor now has a freshly united council behind him. His deputy had called on him to resign, leading to an extraordinary council meeting where it… Read more Audio

In the wake of the Loafers Lodge fire, questions are being asked about the Fire Service's ability to fight fires in high rise buildings in the capital. On Monday night firefighters confronted… Read more Audio

Wellington City Council says most of those evacuated because of the Loafer's Lodge blaze yesterday have new temporary accommodation. Only a handful of residents from the hostel were still at an… Read more Audio

The National Party leader Christopher Luxon visited the scene of the Loafers Lodge fire and met with some of the survivors. He says the scene was shocking, and bigger questions will need to be asked… Read more Audio

Sam Altman, the CEO and co-founder of Open AI, the company which created the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, has called for tighter regulation of AI technology. On Wednesday, Altman told a US… Read more Audio

There are concerns in Papua New Guinea that the country could be dragged into the militarisation of the Pacific if it signs a new security pact with the United States. According to a draft copy of the… Read more Audio

Waka Kotahi hasn't been factoring climate change and resilience into many of its transport projects. A major report produced for the Transport Agency found a lack of future planning in its roading… Read more Audio