Morning Report

A truck carrying gas canisters and other chemicals dramatically exploded in fireballs on the Southern Motorway in Auckland on Thursday causing chaos.

The motorway was closed, causing hours-long… Read more Audio

The Green Party is calling for immediate action to tax banks for any excess profits they make.

Green Party revenue spokesperson Chlöe Swarbrick says the Australian banks are making roughly 20-percent… Read more Audio

Te Whatu Ora admits there are some errors in its official figures on emergency department waiting times. 

Data showed a dramatic improvement in the EDs in the Northland, Southern and Taranaki regions… Read more Audio

Ukraine has denied any involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, which were built to carry Russian natural gas to Germany.

It follows a media report citing new US intelligence a… Read more Audio

Auckland residents in the suburb of Papakura are concerned about chemical spillage affecting their properties after a truck explosion yesterday on the Southern Motorway.

The truck was carrying gas… Read more Audio

National is keeping the heat on the government over the rising spend on contractors in the public service.

But its scattergun approach in the fraught health sector has shot wide of the mark with both… Read more Audio

Some health professionals are describing Te Whatu Ora's data on emergency department wait times as "gobbledygook", saying the authority is either fudging the numbers, or has made a huge error.

One… Read more Audio

Wild weather has hit the West Coast overnight.

MetService says the West Coast, from Fiordland to Greymouth, is currently experiencing downpours and highly-active thunderstorms

Almost-two thousand… Read more Audio