Morning Report

The Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival kicks off this evening with fish and chips in the town's ANZAC Hall.

With 101 presenters and 51 events, the festival will feature tributes to Katherine… Read more Audio

What was once something out of Hollywood reality TV shows is now something you can get down the road for as little as $70.

Cosmetic injectables such as lip fillers and botox are readily available… Read more Audio

The country's most powerful medical laboratory group, half owned by the government, is proposing to slash the medical lab workforce in the upper South Island.

Awanui, which is worth half a billion… Read more Audio

WorkSafe and Police have begun their investigations into the death of Whāngarei Boys High School student Karnin Ahorangi Petera, who died at the Abbey Caves.

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A just-released Westpac report is calling for New Zealand's supermarket duopoly to be broken up.

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Grocery prices soared 12.5 percent… Read more Audio

A group bidding for one of the Ruapehu ski-fields is furious they have not been picked as a favourite by MBIE.

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, which ran the Whakapapa and Tūroa ski fields, went into voluntary… Read more Audio

The announcement of Auckland Council's $325 million deficit has once again inflamed debate on whether to retain or sell the city's significant share holding in Auckland airport.

The Council is also… Read more Audio

The clock is ticking for Auckland Council to decide on how it will tackle its budget woes.

It's facing a $325 million shortfall, exacerbated by recent severe weather and rising inflation-related… Read more Audio

Gore District councillors will meet next Tuesday to begin the process of removing their Mayor.

Ben Bell, who is New Zealand's youngest ever Mayor has been asked to resign by the majority of his… Read more Audio

As food prices continue their rapid climb, the Government is grappling with its own shopping list, having promised Kiwis cost-of-living relief in next week's Budget.

The food price index rose 12.5… Read more Audio