Morning Report

Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta is to take part in a NATO Foreign Ministers virtual meeting tomorrow morning.

As well as NATO members , Sweden, Finland, Georgia, Australia, Korea, and Japan will also… Read more Audio

International investigations are underway into Russia's invasion of Ukraine. European Union leaders are denouncing Russia's actions as "massacres, atrocities, and genocides", while US President Joe… Read more Audio

A formal inquest into the deaths of a New Zealand couple in Tonga found that their deaths was caused by electrocution and likely accidental.

The bodies of Ben Rocky Neill and his wife, Rochelle Neill… Read more Audio

From today, rangatahi aged 16 and 17 will be able to get a Pfizer vaccine booster shot.

The change makes a further 36,000 people eligible for the third dose.

Covid-19 Pacific Response Co-ordination… Read more Audio

The country's three top health directors have resigned - including Dr Ashley Bloomfield.

The triple exodus from the Ministry of Health comes as the Omicron outbreak peaks in some regions, and… Read more Audio

The Motor Trade Association says problems with the new clean-car fee and rebate scheme may be widespread.

A new system calculates hundreds or thousands of dollars in fees and rebates according to a… Read more Audio

Gun clubs are fired up about new regulations arising from the Christchurch terror attacks.

They warn some will fold because of compliance costs and red tape, forcing hunters and shooters to blaze… Read more Audio

The tax department thinks high earners are likely to declare billions of dollars less in income after a new top tax bracket was brought in.

It may cost the Government over $100 million in tax… Read more Audio

That's the warning to civilians in eastern Ukraine, amid fears Russia will intensify attacks there and cut off vital escape routes.

Russia has said it's shifting its military focus to Donbas, which… Read more Audio

An epidemiologist says Dr Ashley Bloomfield saved thousands of lives.

Dr Bloomfield is stepping down as Director-General of Health at the end of July.

University of Auckland professor Rod Jackson… Read more Audio

He's the top bureaucrat who's credited with saving many lives as he led the country through the Covid-19 pandemic.

An exhausted Ashley Bloomfield leaves his job as Director General of Health in late… Read more Audio