Morning Report

It's the time of the week where we look back at the week in politics.

RNZ political editor Jane Patterson, and this week Newsroom's political editor Jo Moir spoke to Guyon Espiner. Read more Audio

Five people have been injured after two motorcycles crashed into crowds at the Burt Munro Challenge Bluff Hill Climb.

The two seperate incidents happened yesterday, and one person is in critical… Read more Audio

The AI software Chat GPT has been making waves for it's impressive output. 

It's latest feat: the bot scored a passing grade for the notoriously difficult United States Medical Licensing Exam… Read more Audio

Almost 3000 of the country's most vulnerable children are not enrolled with a doctor, according to the latest report from Oranga Tamariki's watchdog

Dr Samantha Murton is the President of the Royal… Read more Audio

This time last year hundreds of cars and a few thousand people had descended on central Wellington and Parliament to protest against the government's Covid-19 vaccine mandates.

The motivations were… Read more Audio

A fortnight after the floods in Tāmaki Makaurau and the reality is setting in for many whānau who have lost their homes and are trying to rebuild their lives. 

Despite schools re-opening, some still… Read more Audio

The upper North Island is being warned to batten down the hatches once again this weekend with a tropical storm headed its way. 

Cyclone Gabrielle is expected to hit Northland from Sunday and bring… Read more Audio

For the last month, a team has been tracking long-tailed bats at Te Hoiere / Pelorus between Nelson and Blenheim.

The long-tailed bat or pekapeka-tou-roa was declared "Bird of the Year" in 2021 and… Read more Audio