Morning Report

Defending champion Rafael Nadal shrugged off a rocky build-up to reach the Australian Open second round with a four-set win over an ailing Jack Draper while women's top seed and title favourite Iga… Read more Audio

Preparations are now well underway for the next Eurovision Song Contest, which this year will be held in Britain, where it will be co-hosted by Ukraine.

The contest brings together not only nations… Read more Audio

It's out with the old and in with the older for the Australian rugby team.

With less than eight months until the World Cup in France, the Wallabies have sacked their coach, New Zealander Dave Rennie… Read more Audio

The government wants to keep a strong focus on trade this year, in what it says will be a time of strong headwinds for exporters and importers alike.

So to begin the year Trade and Agriculture… Read more Audio

Prominent epidemiologist Michael Baker says the risk of chronic and debilitating illness from long Covid could grow as more people are re-infected.

The weekly Covid figures released yesterday showed… Read more Audio

It's back to work for many this week in the country's two biggest commuter cities, but some are falling at the first hurdle... getting on the bus or train.

Driver shortages and railway works have… Read more Audio

More than 160,000 secondary school students from across the country will be able to access their NCEA results today, after yet another Covid-disrupted year.

The students can find out how they did in… Read more Audio

Specialist Trade Contractors Federation President Grant Price spoke to Charlotte Cook about the building industry's boom cooling in 2023. Audio

The phone has already stopped ringing in parts of the building industry as the boom cools - and operators fear staff layoffs are on the way. 

Economic uncertainty, inflation and rising interest rates… Read more Audio

A brief update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

The Waka Ama sprint national championships is underway again at Lake Karapiro, with the first races in the week-long event beginning yesterday after a Covid-enforced hiatus last year.

Younger… Read more Audio

On the back of two tough years, the tourism industry's post-covid return has been marred by poor weather in parts of the country. 

Tourism operators reliant on sunny skies have been dealt a cruel… Read more Audio