Morning Report

National Party leader Christopher Luxon is standing by his party's opposition to the so-called "waka jumping" legislation, which allows the Speaker to remove MPs who have left their party.

Labour's… Read more Audio

The principal of Christchurch's Te Aratai College says voters should do their research on candidates standing in his school's board elections.

White supremacist Philip Arps was sentenced to 21 months… Read more Audio

Allegations of racism, sexual assault, homophobia, bullying and actively discouraging victims from going to the police are contained in a leaked copy of an investigation into Arise Church.

RNZ has… Read more Audio

The Reserve Bank is expected to deliver a fourth consecutive 50 basis point rise in the official cash rate later today.

This would take the OCR to a seven-year high of 3 percent, as the Reserve Bank… Read more Audio

An expert in climate risk is predicting in just 20 years a million dollar property on the Petone foreshore in Wellington could cost $100,000 dollars a year to insure.

Belinda Storey, from Climate… Read more Audio

Emergency operations are ramping up at the top of the South Island. Heavy rain warnings are in place around northern and western parts of the mainland with a state of emergency declared on the West… Read more Audio

The Labour Party caucus has unanimously voted to suspend Hamilton West MP Gaurav Sharma after he went rogue over the past week, with several allegations of bullying tabled against fellow MPs and… Read more Audio

Hokitika had already had 22 millimetres of rain between midnight and 6am, with much more on the way.

There's a red warning in place for the West Coast due to the threat from rain.

NIWA meteorologist… Read more Audio

Heavy rain warnings for Buller and Westland were upgraded to red by MetService yesterday, with the chance of dangerous river conditions, significant flooding, and slips blocking roads and possibly… Read more Audio