Morning Report

Political leaders from around the world are gathered in Germany this week for the Bonn Climate Change Conference.

The climate campaign group Plant Based Treaty wants to see the conference endorse a… Read more Audio

A leading researcher into achieving smokefree targets has been given a top accolade.

Otago University professor Professor Janet Hoek has been awarded the 2022 Critic and Conscience of Society Award.

England's players say Brendon McCullum has made a profound impact as their new Test coach and that confidence levels are bubbling heading into the second Test against New Zealand starting tomorrow.

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Vaccine researchers are increasingly interested in the pursuit of a universal coronavirus vaccine that is resistant to all variants.

University of Auckland vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris spoke… Read more Audio

The red severe thunderstorm warning has lifted for Kāpiti, Masterton and Wairarapa, but no one is clear of the danger yet.

A watch is still in place for much of the country.

MetService meteorologist… Read more Audio

The Government is proposing to change electoral law to allow Maori voters to switch between the general roll and the Māori roll to any time.

At the moment, Māori voters can only switch every five… Read more Audio

Tommy Murray died suddenly last week in a Naenae gym.

He was 54, a father and grandfather who wore a mataora - a full facial moko.

His Northland whanau forcibly took his body for burial at his… Read more Audio

As New Zealand edges closer to overhauling the way it manages water, the Local Government Minister is defending the co-governance model of sharing decision making with iwi.

Legislation paving the way… Read more Audio

E-mails reveal the Napier City Council bowed to pressure from anti-vaxxers, closing most of its main library earlier this year over complaints they couldn't use it.

Instead the council set up a… Read more Audio

We're down to four in Super Rugby Pacific, with the Crusaders expected to face a fierce Chiefs challenge in the first semi-final in Christchurch tonight, before the table-topping Blues host the… Read more Audio

A former journalist who made an investigative podcast about the Alan Hall case says he believes there is a credible alternative suspect for the murder.

Several investigations have been launched after… Read more Audio

The government has announced ambitious targets to improve school attendance.

Truancy have been rising since 2015 and last year only 60 percent students attended regularly during term two.

The… Read more Audio