Morning Report

150 Canterbury households who have had to boil their water for the last 18 months have had enough.

Timaru council says the million dollar fix of the problematic water pipe to Waitohi has been held up… Read more Audio

It's been a very cold couple of days for much of the country, with snow down south and volcanic plateau, and near freezing temperatures elsewhere.

With the winter months approaching after the wettest… Read more Audio

The housing market is slower than ever before.

The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand's monthly report shows the median price for residential property - excluding sections - decreased 10.9 percent… Read more Audio

The much awaited return of Chinese tourists is off to a slower than expected start.

Pre-Covid, China was Aotearoa's second largest international market by arrivals.... behind Australia.

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A wintry blast has brought snow and icy temperatures to Southland overnight.

MetService has issued road snowfall warnings across many of the passes with heavy falls expected in parts of Southland… Read more Audio

Free doctor visits for young people are now being offered up until the age of 24 in Hawkes Bay.

Since 2016 rangatahi have been funded for free visits to the age of 18. But the programme has been so… Read more Audio

It's been three months since the Wairoa river burst its banks, the morning after the downpour caused by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Hundreds of homes remain damp and dirty, families are still displaced, and… Read more Audio

Authorities knew for years that some trucks had a handbrake so sensitive it could be dislodged simply by shutting the cab door - in fact, since just after a man was crushed to death in 2010.

But they… Read more Audio