Morning Report

A brief update from the business sector with RNZ's business editor Gyles Beckford. Read more Audio

Hawke's Bay Hospital in Hastings has set up a dedicated Covid-19 ward to manage the growing number of patients with the virus.

The number of patients has climbed sharply - it's shot up from zero to… Read more Audio

Some homes in Porirua north of Wellington may be raised, relocated or bought-out as the City Council grapples with it's flood-prone future.

The Council is spending almost $18-million upgrading its… Read more Audio

It's Monday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

Most of us know our beloved national reptile, the tuatara, as the rarest of global creatures.

Time was, however, when the tutara was just as plentiful as those other reptilian characters, and not… Read more Audio

A Victoria University of Wellington student says their mental health worsened after being temporarily removed from their residential hall last year for feeling suicidal.

Advocates say Universities… Read more Audio

The World Health Organisation warns smokers are up to 50 percent more likely to get seriously ill or die from the coronavirus than non-smokers.

Experts are hoping it will give people another reason… Read more Audio

A report obtained by RNZ has laid bare a series of failures during the escape of two offenders from a Youth Justice Residence in 2020.

At the time both boys were detained at the North Island… Read more Audio