Morning Report

A new report says measures in place to stop big tech companies spying on our schoolchildren appear far too weak.

Overseas, the multi-billion-dollar spread of online learning has triggered lawsuits… Read more Audio

A new political party has emerged on parliament's lawns.

About 2000 supporters of the Destiny Church-led Freedoms and Rights Coalition staged another anti-government rally at Parliament.

Its leader… Read more Audio

Wellington businesses whose takings were crippled by the Parliamentary occupation earlier this year feared another slow day because of the protest yesterday.

In the end takings were down, but the… Read more Audio

The Government is expected to use another tool from it's arsenal to tackle the increasing cost of living.

It's anticipated the next the next step in supermarket reforms will be announced later today… Read more Audio

Fifteen houses are red stickered and hundreds more are yellow in Nelson - with many people unable to return home.

There's also widespread, massive damage across the top of the South Island with farms… Read more Audio

South Korean police say it'll be difficult to pursue a woman who's thought to be a relative of two children whose bodies were found in luggage that had been in an Auckland storage locker.

A family… Read more Audio

The Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard has formally resigned from the role and will officially bow out this afternoon.

Mallard will be taking up a diplomatic post in Ireland from January next year.

The now-independent MP Gaurav Sharma isn't going quietly, saying he still has texts from Labour Party colleagues and other evidence of bullying he's prepared to make public.

The caucus overwhelmingly… Read more Audio

The country's health and safety targets have been scrapped and the regulator's performance measures changed after it failed to meet most of them.

The National Party is describing WorkSafe's new… Read more Audio

South Korean police say it'll be difficult to pursue a woman who's thought to be a relative of two children whose bodies were found in luggage that had been in an Auckland storage locker.

A family… Read more Audio