Morning Report

Research is showing that the wealth gap in New Zealand has grown wider due to the government's Covid-19 policies.

Financial journalist Bernard Hickey has analysed 21 months of data looking at Stats… Read more Audio

School is back and so are all the outdoor activities that go with it.

The Ministry of Education has confirmed outdoor education and school camps can go ahead under the Covid-19 red traffic light… Read more Audio

Rural communities could lose access to local medical services when Omicron hits.

Staffing is precarious in many small towns, and doctors, nurses and key admin staff will have to stop working if they… Read more Audio

An Australian expert says New Zealand can't avoid an Omicron outbreak, and there's no need to panic about it.

A music event in Hamilton last weekend - SoundSplash - is under the spotlight as a… Read more Audio

A summer holiday close encounter with an Orca is not what a group of children were expecting when they paddled their kayaks out into Ligar Bay, near Takaka, but it's left them buzzing.

Nelson's… Read more Audio

Porirua has been named the most expensive rental market in the country - a dubious title at odds with the city's image as the home to some of the country's poorest suburbs like Waitangirua and Cannons… Read more Audio

A major political poll shows support for Labour has continued to creep downward. A slip of 1 percent support since November has left it at 40 percent.

National is up 4 points, but at 32 percent the… Read more Audio

More than 175,000 students across the country will begin their university year next month.

This comes as the highly transmissble Omicron variant is already in the community.

New Zealand University… Read more Audio

Covid-19 is infiltrating more parts of the Pacific - bringing anxiety to some island nations that had succeeded in avoiding the pandemic until now.

There is particular concern in Kiribati, where a… Read more Audio

The Government will this morning announce the route and cost of Auckland's long-awaited light rail project.

Three options were presented to Cabinet last year, each of which run from the City Centre… Read more Audio

Labour is down in the first political poll of the year, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern recording her lowest score in the preferred Prime Minister stakes.

Both National and it's new leader… Read more Audio