Morning Report

While Gaurav Sharma remains in parliament, he has the platform to create ongoing headaches for Labour.

He says he still has texts from Labour Party colleagues and other evidence of bullying he's… Read more Audio

Hamilton West MP Gaurav Sharma was expelled from the Labour caucus yesterday, having spent the past fortnight making allegations of bullying and gaslighting by party whips, fellow MPs and staff from… Read more Audio

National is describing Worksafe's new performance measures as waffly and vague, amid warnings they will reduce the regulator's accountability.

Worksafe's health and safety targets have been scrapped… Read more Audio

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