Morning Report

Former prisoners and family members with relatives behind bars have described the penal system as hard to navigate from the outside, and dehumanising and nightmarish for those inside.

Names have been… Read more Audio

It's been a year since the country's longest Covid-19 lockdown, and an epidemiologist is warning we can't rule out more of the dreaded lockdowns.

Rod Jackson, from Auckland University, says we have… Read more Audio

The Reserve Bank stuck to the script yesterday with another hawkish monetary statement and a 50 basis point rise in the official cash rate to a seven year high of 3 percent.

The central is… Read more Audio

Kiwifruit growers have been warned to expect lower returns this season due to poorer fruit quality and rising costs.

Zespri says that poor fruit quality is a significant problem affecting not only… Read more Audio

Two Christ Church Cathedral restoration workers have become the first people to legally venture inside the severely damaged building since the city's 2011 earthquake.

Senior engineer Pete Carney and… Read more Audio

Schools are concerned about the election of board members with conspiracy-driven views.

The Disinformation Project research lead Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa says there are no safeguards against people with… Read more Audio

Principals warn the election of trustees who have conspiracy-driven views will be devastating for schools.

They are worried about the number of people standing for school boards who are opposed to… Read more Audio

A new home-grown reality competition show "Heartbreak Island" has begun streaming online where 16 singles compete for love and $100,000.

But as many of us know, reality TV is not always paradise for… Read more Audio

The country's largest insurer IAG says building in flood prone areas has to stop.

IAG has released a three-part plan to try speed up efforts to reduce flood risk from rivers.

It says there have been… Read more Audio

A resident who had to evacuate her Nelson home says her street was so flooded it ran like a river.

Teresa O'Connor lives on Nile Street, neighbouring the Maitai River. Civil Defence told Teresa, her… Read more Audio