Morning Report

Government agencies are admitting failure in their attempts to make roads safer.

The road toll has soared this year and targets set under the nationwide Road to Zero plan - which is supposed to see… Read more Audio

Tensions are running high in Fiji as the ruling party, FijiFirst, maintains it's refusal to concede.

Military forces have been deployed with the Police Commissioner citing threats against minority… Read more Audio

The top representatives of the UK have undergone some monumental changes this year.

There was the death of the country's longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth the Second, after reigning for 70… Read more Audio

The phrase it's been a "big political year" is thrown around practically every year. But in the UK, it really has been a political maelstrom, with three prime ministers in the space of two months -… Read more Audio

The Reserve Bank's calls to go easy on Christmas shopping have fallen flat, with people spending more than they were last Christmas.

Payment network Worldline's latest figures show retail spending is… Read more Audio

Oranga Tamariki is warning children might be put in danger by changes to the Privacy Act.

The Government is moving to change the law in line with tighter data privacy regulations in the European… Read more Audio

Russian President Vladimir Putin says all armed conflicts end with diplomatic negotiations. 

In a public speech he said Russia wants an end to the war in Ukraine. 

This comes after Ukrainan… Read more Audio

As the year comes to a close, our political leaders are heading away for the summer holidays.

It will be a well-needed recharge too, with a busy election year looming.

But just before they signed… Read more Audio

More than one in five prisoners are now being released on the day of their sentencing due to time-served.

Statistics obtained under the Official Information Act show remand times have grown over the… Read more Audio

A police investigation has found a crime scene cleaning company that posted photos of death-related callouts online, broke the law.

But police aren't prosecuting - they're assured the posts won't… Read more Audio