Morning Report

Paying with cash, reading books and playing boardgames to pass the time - you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a bach holiday or a childhood from times gone by.

Instead, it's the central North Island… Read more Audio

National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis has defended Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern after she faced criticism for taking a photo with a crowd while not wearing a mask.

The photo, posted to Ardern's… Read more Audio

Specialists on statistics warn a law change poses the threat of official data being corrupted by political meddling and unregulated sharing.

They are alarmed the new law will let the Government… Read more Audio

Questions are being asked about the sluggish drop in fuel prices following a slump falls in the cost of crude oil.

While the cost of petrol at the pump is gradually going down the price of diesel… Read more Audio

The media manager for the All Blacks has admitted she was the one who cancelled coach Ian Foster's post-match press conference on Sunday, saying in a post on Linkedin she didn't want him to "just be a… Read more Audio

The raging Ashburton River has again spilled into farmland swamping paddocks and frustrating farmers.

Last year's major flooding saw the same river leave debris, shingle and sediment all over local… Read more Audio

A massive cleanup is ahead for parts of Otago and Canterbury after a storm flooded homes and farms, ripped up roads, cut off towns and sliced a bridge in half.

Many roads are still closed and as… Read more Audio

Waitaki District Council says it's prioritising repairing the washed out bridge on Lake Ōhau Road. 

The road is the only access point to the Lake Ōhau village, trapping residents and holiday-makers.