Morning Report

A security expert believes members of the anti-mask movement could be behind the hoax bomb threats made to schools across the country.

Thousands of students were forced to lockdown or evacuate their… Read more Audio

Looking for something spectacular to brighten a cold, dark winter's night?

Well, this weekend might just have something in store with not one, not two, but three meteor showers, combining to provide… Read more Audio

In Tokelau, a family that has been under tunoa, which roughly translates to house arrest, for 11 months has once again refused to get vaccinated.

Tokelau's government is maintaining tough measures to… Read more Audio

The head of the Road to Zero programme says there has not been as much improvement to road safety infrastructure as he would like to have seen by now.

Bryan Sherritt from the Ministry of Transport… Read more Audio

Athletes have begun entering Alexander Stadium in Birmingham at the Opening Ceremony for the 22nd Commonwealth Games.

New Zealand's athletes have been led into the stadium by joint flagbearers Joelle… Read more Audio

One of New Zealand's most popular country musicians, John Grenell, has died at the age of 78.

Known for his smooth voice, John's career began when he was just teenager.

His band 'The Saddleblasters'… Read more Audio

An importer and distributor of plasterboard doubts whether extra supplies of the vital building product will be enough to meet demand.

An ongoing major shortage the product led to an assurance by the… Read more Audio

The company that runs the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter has announced it will begin talks with power companies that would see it stay open beyond 2024.

Southland Chamber of Commerce president Neil… Read more Audio

A forum has heard about the stark risks of governments over-reaching to create national identity databases that will control who gets public services.

Phil Pennington reports. Read more Audio

Health experts are warning that a big effort is needed to turn around plummeting childhood vaccination rates.

Internationally, first dose vaccinations for measles are at their lowest in more than a… Read more Audio

An annual monitoring report looking at the Road to Zero road safety strategy has found the police fell short of expectations.

There were 320 deaths on the roads last year, while 2323 people were… Read more Audio

National and ACT are refusing to support changes to the political donations regime, saying they 'screw the scrum' in favour of the governing Labour party.

A review of electoral laws is common after… Read more Audio