Morning Report

New Zealand Olympian Sir Mark Todd has been given interim suspension by the British Horseracing Authority for repeatedly hitting a horse with a tree branch.

In a video, Sir Todd runs towards the… Read more Audio

A man in MIQ has gone on hunger strike, because of what he believes are over-zealous regulations.

Andre Huguet said he's upset with the treatment he's had from staff, and the restrictions he's… Read more Audio

As numbers begin to soar into four-digit territory for Covid-19, Pasifika make up about half the current cases.

Community leaders are pushing hard to get enough resources out to families to help with… Read more Audio

On the morning of Saturday 12 February, Jeremy Glenn of The Upbeats woke up to a rather exciting out-of-the-blue email. The Christchurch drum-and-bass artist learnt that a track he'd written with his… Read more Video, Audio

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will perform seven concerts starting this week, each before an audience numbering no more than 100.

Nobody knows exactly what the ensemble will be playing or even… Read more Audio

The head of the St John of God Order in Oceania has denied that a lack of documents relating to historical allegations of abuse at Marylands School is evidence of a cover-up.

The Order ran Marylands… Read more Audio

Principals are isolating themselves and making teachers work in separate bubbles in an attempt to slow the spread of omicron in their schools.

They say it is inevitable children will have to learn… Read more Audio

The National Party and the Government are still locked in an argument about rapid antigen tests, but Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins says stockpiling them would have been a waste.

National… Read more Audio

More now on the Winter Olympic triumph of Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, who will leave Beijing today with gold and silver medals.

The 20-year-old from Wanaka won the Slopestyle event last week and followed… Read more Audio