Morning Report

Petrol prices are set to go up next year after the fuel subsidy of 25 cents a litre introduced nine months ago is phased out during March.

Half price public transport is also mostly set for the scrap… Read more Audio

Campaigners for public transport are furious the government's ditching half price bus and train fares, calling it a mistake which has got to be fixed. 

Commuters have been enjoying the cheaper fares… Read more Audio

Morocco is set to become the first African side and the first Arab nation to ever play in a football world cup semifinal. The Atlas Lions will face off against an imposing French side - but fans in… Read more Audio

The Green Party is urging the government to tax wealthy New Zealanders more to help raise extra revenue with a recession on the horizon.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson yesterday confirmed a… Read more Audio

Researchers are learning more about the weather on Mars with a new audio recording of a giant dust-loaded whirlwind known as a dust devil.

The sound clip of the storm was combined with sensor data to… Read more Audio

It's Argentina two, Croatia nil at halftime in the first World Cup semi-final in Qatar.

The first goal-scorer? Who else but footballing great Lionel Messi - from the penalty spot after about half an… Read more Audio

Work is underway to create a system that gives better legal protection for traditional Māori medicine.

But those who practise rongoā Māori are worried doing so will cause more harm than good. 

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