Morning Report

National supports closing a political donations loophole, but wants it dealt with separately to legislation already before Parliament.

Cabinet will today consider recommendations about a technicality… Read more Audio

It may have been a winning start to the Commonwealth Games for New Zealand, but those athletes competing overnight have so far been unable to add to Aotearoa's medal tally overnight.

There was… Read more Audio

A film re-telling the events of the 2007 police raids in Te Urewera premiered last night at the opening of the New Zealand International Film Festival.

Muru is based around the anti-terrorism powers… Read more Audio

The body set up to examine miscarriage of justice complaints has still not finished a single investigaton after two years of operation.

But Te Kahui the Criminal Cases Review Commission says it's… Read more Audio

Court cases looking into the way donations are made to political parties have exposed New Zealand's laissez faire laws, according to an associate law professor.

Tim Kuhner from Auckland University… Read more Audio

The South Island has the highest rate of Covid-19 hospitalisations in the country.

Nationally, there's been some cause for optimisim in the outbreak, with case numbers and the weekly hospitalisation… Read more Audio

The number of teenagers leaving school early has jumped. Almost one in five school leavers in 2021 was under the age of 17, the highest figure in a decade.

One of the worst-affected areas is Taranaki… Read more Audio