Morning Report

'Goblin mode' – a way of being that embraces slovenliness – was voted as the word that best reflects 2022 in the first-ever Oxford Word of the Year Read more Audio

Young New Zealand Formula One prospect Liam Lawson believes he continues to edge closer to the big time as he heads into his summer break.

The 20-year-old from Pukekohe took part in three F1 practice… Read more Audio

A new AI chatbot tool named ChatGPT is rising in popularity online as people share the surpising things it can create. 

The system, which is still in a prototype phase, is designed to simulate… Read more Audio

Groups representing early childhood services and teachers are divided over calls for mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse but united in their belief that teachers need more training.

They say… Read more Audio

Founders and hosts of the far-right media outlet Counterspin Kelvyn Alp and Hannah Spierer are due in court today. They're accused of sharing live-stream footage of the Christchurch mosque attacks… Read more Audio

Morocco have produced the first boilover of the knockout phase at the World Cup, stunning Spain in a penalty shootout in Qatar.

Spain failed to score a single goal from the penalty spot, an outcome… Read more Audio

The Clean founder Hamish Kilgour has died. 

The Clean started making rock music in the 1970s and became synonymous with the 'Dunedin sound'. 

The band was a major part of the legendary Flying Nun… Read more Audio

The chief censor says families should be making better use of parental controls on streaming services such as Netflix and Disney Plus.

New research from Te Mana Whakaatu, the Classification Office… Read more Audio

Upcoming Christmas travel plans could be disrupted with a bad batch of aviation fuel forcing rationing for airlines. 

Z Energy, which is the owner of the dud shipment, told airlines last night they'd… Read more Audio

Inside Ukraine emergency energy shutdowns are happening across the country to stablise the energy grid, badly damaged by Russian strikes on Monday.

This means millions are without electricity or… Read more Audio

The country's only Māori cardiologist says his status is nothing to celebrate but represents that something needs to change. 

In part three of an in-depth series on Māori health, RNZ examines how the… Read more Audio