Morning Report

Teenagers say changes to the NCEA qualification have helped ease the pressure on them.

Principals are also backing the government's decision to give students extra credits and lower the threshold for… Read more Audio

Insurance assessors in Wellington are about to get busy, after another spate of landslips struck the drenched capital this week.

Landslip damage is deemed a natural disaster so residential land is… Read more Audio

A Wellington cloud services company says Google's claim it will offer New Zealanders complete control over their own data is not true.

It questions why the Government has been so quick to weigh in… Read more Audio

An independent investigation into the past conduct of National Party MP Sam Uffindell could come up empty handed.

Otago University law professor Andrew Geddis says Maria Dew, a Queen's Counsel, has… Read more Audio

One of three teenage girls involved in the violent home invasion of a 90-year-old Levin woman, who later died of her injuries, is back in court, charged with robbery.

Grace Virtue died 25 days after… Read more Audio

Air New Zealand is cutting the number of flights to deal with its staff shortages.

Chief executive Greg Foran says the airline has recorded its highest rates of crew sickness in more than a decade… Read more Audio

Tesla boss Elon Musk has sold $6.88bn worth of shares in the electric car maker.

Musk says he needs the money in case he is forced to buy Twitter for $44bn.

The multi-billionaire is currently… Read more Audio

A former New Plymouth mayor says he can understand why no one has put their hand up to stand for the city's Māori ward. 

Andrew Judd championed the establishment of the ward but he questions why… Read more Audio

A bullying expert warns that some schools may be inadvertently encouraging children to bully one another.

The problem has been highlighted by this week's revelations National Party MP Sam Uffindell… Read more Audio