Morning Report

Researchers think light and noise pollution may be harming birds by changing their sleep patterns.

Without proper sleep there can be consequences for birds' reproductive success, survival and song.

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New Zealand Food Safety is urging consumers not to eat Fijian mussels being sold here illegally.

Mussels imported from Fiji are not controlled to ensure they meet New Zealand's food safety… Read more Audio

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