Morning Report

Some tourists are waiting more than five weeks to find out if they can pay a visit to New Zealand.

Fewer than one in five visitor visa applications has been approved since August.

Families waiting… Read more Audio

Police in Saskatchewan are still hunting for a man suspected of one of the most violent attacks in Canada's modern history.

Two brothers are suspected of committing dozens of stabbings; the rampage… Read more Audio

A candid-camera style TV show from tech giant Amazon using doorbell footage is raising hackles in the US and eyebrows in New Zealand.

It is the latest twist on the Internet of Things - doorbells that… Read more Audio

An Auckland doctor warns Covid-19 will be like a ship's anchor, dragging along and hard to dislodge from the nation's hospitals.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said Covid-19 cases and… Read more Audio

The govenrment has announced the next steps in it plan to help strengthen Māori media over the three years. 

Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson says Māori media have a particularly vital… Read more Audio

A Bay of Plenty company has been sentenced for its role in sending a dense cloud of lime dust across a motorway, that resulted in a deadly multi-vehicle crash.

The company was spreading lime at a… Read more Audio

A New Zealand medic back from the front line in Ukraine is warning doctors and nurses here not to join the war effort unless they are trained to work in conflict zones.

Huge numbers of foreign… Read more Audio

Napier councillors are divided over whether there are culture and leadership problems at the council as the local body election looms.

There has been a revolving door with the council's CEOs - with… Read more Audio

Former National Party MP and Auckland council hopeful Maurice Williamson, says he's had more than 20 billboards destroyed and others defaced.

His comments come after concern was raised earlier this… Read more Audio