Morning Report

Demand for security at retailers is growing amid a series of recent smash and grabs.

The eight masked youths who carried out a daylight attack on a jewellery store at St Luke's Mall in Auckland are… Read more Audio

Tuesday's violent smash in grab in Auckland has community patrol groups on high alert.

Jeweller Stewart Dawson's at St Luke's mall was the latest target in what many fear is an escalating crime wave… Read more Audio

Jacinda Ardern is in New York for a meeting of the UN.

RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch is also there following her.

He spoke to Susie Ferguson. Read more Audio

The Prime Minister says it is deeply concerning how freely President Putin is talking about using nuclear weapons.

In a standup at the UN Assembly she reaffirmed that New Zealand condemns Russia's… Read more Audio

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he was mobilising more troops as Moscow loses ground on the Ukraine battlefield.

In a televised address, he said the West wanted to end Russia, just as it… Read more Audio

A new kind of farming could soon be having an impact on the rural landscape - paddocks of solar panels instead of cattle or crops.

A UK based company has just been given approval to install about… Read more Audio

Leading academics at the University of Otago are urging the Government to launch an inquiry into New Zealand's Covid-19 pandemic response before memories of it are lost.

Since 1936, all sudden mass… Read more Audio

Heavy rain in Tairāwhiti is delaying repair works on more than 600 roads.

The council says grounds are still saturated from last week's deluge, and many parts still haven't recovered from previous… Read more Audio