Morning Report

A defence lawyer for a businessman at the centre of a political donations trial has told the court his client did not conceal his identity.

The lengthy judge-alone trial in the High Court in Auckland… Read more Audio

Major foreign tech companies with billions to spend on data centres have been strongly wooing the Government.

Seven of them, including global giants Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, sought… Read more Audio

In her first speech as British Prime Minister Liz Truss promised to "get Britons working again", solve the energy crisis and fix the NHS - no small order.

Appearing outside 10 Downing Street she… Read more Audio

A police investigation into the women who prompted an 11-day lockdown in Northland last year shows police didn't lay charges because the women got sick, and couldn't work the jobs they said they… Read more Audio

The whānau of two Māori students who attend Epsom Girls' Grammar say they are upset their children were  asked to perform a karakia on a human skeleton found at the prestigious Auckland school. 

They… Read more Audio

High failure rates in a trial-run of new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests are alarming principals.

One school head told RNZ all their students failed the writing test and others reported pass rates… Read more Audio

A study has found taking 3800 steps per day can meaningfully reduce dementia risk.

The study collected daily step counts for more than 78,000 healthy adults, and seven years later followed up to see… Read more Audio

The government's $53 million "Better Pathways" package to steer youth offenders towards study and work is getting a positive response from those at the coal face.

Te Reretai Hauiti is the workforce… Read more Audio