Morning Report

New Zealand's market for house plants is busier than ever.

The demand is so high that the Government is considering letting 12 new species into the country.

Environmental Protection Agency general… Read more Audio

Tensions are running high in Christchurch as the city council prepares to vote on controversial new national housing density rules.

Locals say the government is trying to force a… Read more Audio

A new law regulating sunscreen comes into force today.

Sunscreen companies will be fined if they don't meet safety standards.

But the Cancer Society says it doesn't go far enough.

Its chief… Read more Audio

A seven-week trial over political donations that took three years to reach the High Court in Auckland is drawing to a close today.

The Serious Fraud Office brought charges against seven people… Read more Audio

So, how many students are wagging school? Yesterday National Party leader Christopher Luxon told us 100,000 children were chronically truant.

This is incorrect.

The figure he was referring to is… Read more Audio

Tauranga has seen an influx of 20,000 young visitors this week for the most exciting event on a pre-teens calendar.

After a two-year hiatus the AIMS Games are back - a multi-code sporting event for… Read more Audio

A mathematics professor isn't surprised that large numbers of year 10 students have failed NCEA numeracy tests in a trial run.

Schools have told RNZ of pass rates as low as zero for the writing… Read more Audio

Doctors and nurses are being warned to stay out of Ukrainian combat zones, unless they are trained in battlefield medicine.

Huge numbers of foreign fighters have joined the war since Russia invaded… Read more Audio

The Commerce Commission says companies promoting sales by warning of limited stock must be able to back up those claims.

The prominent online retailer One-Day, owned by the Warehouse Group, has been… Read more Audio

Police have issued a warning to revelers against taking illicit substances at the four-day Snow Machine music festival in Queenstown after what they describe as serious incidents involving the… Read more Audio