Morning Report

In what it clearly hopes will be a short-term measure, the Marlborough District Council says it is managing sewage overflow by pumping excess wastewater into flooded rivers.

The heavy rains of the… Read more Audio

New Zealand's largest primary school has removed dozens of students from its school roll, blaming the pandemic for students disappearing.

Teachers at Finlayson Park Primary school say they are at… Read more Audio

The town with the cheapest houses in the country is increasingly attracting first-home buyers.

The average house price in Westport is just a third of the national average and that's appealing to… Read more Audio

Education providers will have their eyes on boosting international student numbers, which used to be worth about $5 billion a year before the pandemic.

Student visa applications have reopened today… Read more Audio

Samoa has re-opened its borders to international visitors, and the first flight to Apia will land later today.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be on that flight, as will our political reporter… Read more Audio

Principals have dismissed proposals for offering eighty NCEA tests online during the year.

They say the concept presented earlier this year would be a disaster, forcing schools to rearrange… Read more Audio

To Birmingham and the Commonwealth Games, where New Zealand has claimed a further three gold medals this morning.

The first came in the velodrome, with Corbin Strong winning gold in the men's 15… Read more Audio

Storms and flooding driven by climate change have caused massive damage in recent weeks and will only become more common.

Ahead of the first national strategy for dealing with the effects of global… Read more Audio

Did you know the FBI could take a copy your data held in New Zealand if it got the legal OK in the US first and you might never even know it?

This, and a host of other reasons, are driving a… Read more Audio

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has now left for her tour of Asia - but it's not yet known whether that will include a visit to Taiwan.

Pelosi is set to visit Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea… Read more Audio