Morning Report

New Zealand swimmer Lewis Clareburt has come through Covid-19 and food poisoning to find great form ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Clareburt managed an impressive fourth place at the… Read more Audio

Tauranga's new MP is calling on the Port of Tauranga and local iwi to come to an agreement on how the port can expand.

Sam Uffindell wants the expansion to happen urgently saying the port has two… Read more Audio

Māori data specialists accuse the government of ignoring them while going ahead and  expanding the reach of facial recognition technology. 

IT in use for three years at Internal Affairs is being… Read more Audio

The Electoral Act is clearly not fit for purpose according to a constitutional law expert, and the Government needs to urgently close legal loopholes in the political party donation rules.

Wellington… Read more Audio

More rain forecast for the lower North Island is worrying a community hit by severe slips last week.

Two families in Stokes Valley were evacuated from their homes on Thursday night after they were… Read more Audio

In Northland, it has been a case of water water everywhere. While the heavy rain and strong wind warnings have been lifted, surface flooding and high tides are still severely affecting the roads.

The… Read more Audio

All eyes are now turning to the South Island as the bad weather moves in - again.

The front is making its way down the motu after hiting Northland yesterday leaving it soggy with slips and flooding -… Read more Audio

A human clinical trial of a potentially life enhancing gene therapy has started thanks to some very special sheep from Lincoln University.

Batten disease is a devastating neurological condition which… Read more Audio

School principals have been vocal in their warnings about the health and wellbeing of children and staff this winter, after the third term began yesterday.

But new data revealed by the Educational… Read more Audio

Political analyst Dr Bryce Edwards says the leadership battle rocking the Green Party is still anyone's game.

James Shaw is the only declared candidate so far for the co-leadership and his likely… Read more Audio

Pope Francis apologised for the Catholic Church's role in decades of abuse of indigenous children in Canada this morning.

Indigenous leaders have long called for a papal apology for the physical… Read more Audio