Morning Report

Surgeons are frustrated there is still no national set of rules for who gets surgery and when, nearly a year after Te Whatu Ora was launched.

It replaced the 20 district health boards last year with… Read more Audio

Meka Whaitiri returns to Wellington today where she will have to to face up to her former party in the House.

Yesterday the The Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins confirmed portfolio changes as a result… Read more Audio

Strikes, pickets and marches are planned for today by secondary school teachers in the South Island.

Their northern counterparts are down to join them later this week.

The Post Primary Teachers'… Read more Audio

A former Defence Minister is applauding a close-to $750 million investment in wages, assets and infrastructure.

Defence personnel are lined up to get a sizeable pay rise after years of low morale… Read more Audio

Much of the West Coast, is under an orange weather warning with up to 300mm of rain forecast to fall until later tonight.

The rain started yesterday evening and emergency staff have been on standby… Read more Audio

More wild, wet weather is on the way for many parts of the country today.

Heavy rain warnings are in place for Northland, Auckland, Mount Taranaki, Tasman, Marlborough, Grey and Westland Districts… Read more Audio

Almost forty percent of scheduled trips on Auckland's gulf harbour ferry service were cancelled last year.

Auckland Transport is blaming the weather, but that's done little to appease the fed-up… Read more Audio