Morning Report

Money was slapped on the table during a fiery meeting of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council yesterday.

Some locals are fuming after the council allowed a private company to continue to defer paying… Read more Audio

There are plenty of local government candidates campaigning on the platform of lower rates and better services - but is that likely?

Or even possible?

The 2022 Ratepayers Report is out today, and… Read more Audio

The last leader of the Soviet Union is being remembered from two vastly different views: with love from abroad, but loathing at home.

Mikhail Gorbachev, known for his pivotal role in ending the Cold… Read more Audio

A new survey of about 400 Asian New Zealanders shows more than 80 percent have engaged in online gaming or online gambling over the past year.

The study was done by Trace Research and commissioned by… Read more Audio

Conspiracy theorists are running for local council elections across the country.

But many of them aren't sharing their views as part of their electoral campaign.

FACT Aotearoa have been checking up… Read more Audio

It came out of the blue - the Government was going to put a tax on KiwiSaver fees which would have netted $225 million per year from 2026.

The idea had been scrapped within 24 hours, the Government… Read more Audio

New Zealand's Antarctic scientists are using underwater robots to survey the seafloor of the Ross Sea.

Through videos and specimens collected by the robots, they want to understand how climate change… Read more Audio

Tributes are flowing for the late Princess Diana, as the world marks 25 years since her death.

Flowers and messages are sprawled along the bridge above the Paris underpass where Diana, her boyfriend… Read more Audio

An Essity paper mill worker who only joined the company recently says his financial situation is desperate as he enters his third week with no pay.

Brook Collier is one of 145 mill workers locked out… Read more Audio

Thousands more children are now going to school each day as Covid-19 numbers drop.

But while attendance is well up on the end of the last term, principals are still struggling with high numbers of… Read more Audio

New Zealand Cricket say they're confident there won't be a mass exodus of Black Caps players to high-paying Twenty20 leagues, after the international retirement of Colin de Grandhomme yesterday.

The… Read more Audio

As a flood of conspiracy theorists and extremists stand for local elections, there's a new campaign to educate voters on who they elevate to the halls of power.

Local Government New Zealand this… Read more Audio