Morning Report

A ministerial taskforce will meet next week to address plasterboard shortages.

The group - set up by Minister for Building and Construction Megan Woods - includes key construction, building consent… Read more Audio

Middlemore Hospital is dealing with four times the number of people presenting with the flu this winter, compared to pre-pandemic in 2019.

Clinical director Vanessa Thornton told Morning Report it… Read more Audio

Police caught 5000 drivers breaking their restricted licences by carrying passengers when they shouldn't last year - and prosecuted just one of them.

They issued written warnings to just 10 of them.

A leading epidemiologist says Aotearoa is leaving it late to roll out a second Covid-19 booster shot.

The government has passed legislation that allows New Zealanders to get a fourth dose of the… Read more Audio

Volcanic activity on Mount Ruapehu is settling down again after a period of strong tremors over the weekend.

The tremors increased sharply and fluctuated between moderate and strong levels on Friday… Read more Audio

Stakeholders are calling for Fletcher Building's chairperson to resign over a Gib board supply crisis.

The construction giant owns nearly 94 percent of the market.

Building company Simplicity Living… Read more Audio

Japanese media are reporting their Prime Minister is considering a summit with New Zealand, Australia, and South Korea in a show of solidarity against a more assertive China.

All four countries have… Read more Audio