Morning Report

Covid-related restrictions - most of them anyway - are of course mostly now gone.

But Covid-19 hasn't gone, so does that leave us vulnerable to the virus?

Otago University epidemiologist Michael… Read more Audio

The Queen's coffin is now at rest in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, where a service of remembrance was held overnight.

King Charles III led a procession as it was taken from Holyroodhouse, where he… Read more Audio

After more than two and a half years of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government has dropped almost all restrictions.

Masks are now only needed in hospitals or aged care facilities, vaccine requirements… Read more Audio

A family with four disabled children had their long-planned holiday ruined when they were turned away from their Jetstar flight after waiting in line to check in their daughter's wheelchair.

The… Read more Audio

It might be masks off on buses from today, but how are the drivers feeling about all this?

Tramways Union president Gary Froggatt spoke to Guyon Espiner. Read more Audio

New Zealand is waking to its first day without major Covid-19 restrictions since March 2020.

Masks, vaccine requirements for incoming travellers, and isolation for household contacts have been axed… Read more Audio

Retailers around the country have been calling for masks to go for a while.

They now have their wish, with the government scrapping the Traffic Light Framework entirely.

Retail NZ chief executive… Read more Audio