Morning Report

Some acute heart patients are waiting weeks in hospital for an operation, too sick to go home but unable to get their surgery.

Hospitals are under huge pressure with staff shortages, Covid-19 and… Read more Audio

Joelle King and Tom Walsh will be New Zealand's joint flagbearers at the opening ceremony of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games on Friday morning.

The ceremony runs from 6am tomorrow morning, with the… Read more Audio

The Climate Change Commission wants the Government to change the way emissions reductions are calculated, because businesses aren't actually reducing their emissions.

Commission Chair Rod Carr says… Read more Audio

Two sports will debut at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham - Women's T20 cricket and 3x3 basketball.

One New Zealand athlete - dual international Suzie Bates - knows a bit about both. Bates is… Read more Audio

Hospitality businesses that exceed present standards of employment and training will soon be able to be recognised.

Under a new scheme they'll be able to apply for a certificate - known as HospoCred… Read more Audio

A former South Taranaki mayor says its decision to fight all the way to the Supreme Court to fluoridate its water has been vindicated.

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield yesterday directed… Read more Audio

It's fair to say some feathers were ruffled last year when the Pekapeka tou-roa - or Long-Tailed Bat - was crowned Bird of the Year.

Well, it will be a fleeting reign.

Forest and Bird has announced… Read more Audio