Morning Report

Omicron has arrived in the Chatham Islands. Canterbury DHB's Covid-19 Emergency Coordination Centre Controller, Dr Helen Skinner has confirmed that two Chatham Island residents have tested positive… Read more Audio

The chief executive of the Auckland business lobby group Heart of the City, Viv Beck, has joined the race for the city's mayor.

She joins Efeso Collins, Leo Molloy and Craig Lord in the battle for… Read more Audio

The National Party's promising to cut taxes and raise income tax brackets to match inflation if it wins the Treasury benches next year.

But the Government says that would mean vital services would… Read more Audio

Rhythm and Vines has cancelled its rescheduled Easter Weekend festival. It's usually held in Gisborne, for three days around New Year's Eve.

But at the end of 2021, organsiers postponed it to Easter… Read more Audio

The Omicron outbreak is beginning to bite many industries, with reduced public transport services in Auckland today, and many bars and restaurants being forced to change their hours.

But how are our… Read more Audio

The Commerce Commission's long awaited report on the supermarket industry is due out on Tuesday, with keen interest on how far it will go in suggesting change for the $22-billion sector.

Its… Read more Audio

National Party leader Christopher Luxon explains his tax-cutting plans to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

National's promise to scrap all the new taxes introduced by Labour since coming into power has been met with both praise and scepticism.

The party leader Christopher Luxon zeroed in on the cost of… Read more Audio

With just 15,161 new cases reported yesterday, there's some talk that Auckland, and perhaps the country, may have reached the peak of the outbreak.

Epidemiologist Rod Jackson spoke to Susie Ferguson.

A plan to evacuate 200,000 people during a ceasefire from Ukraine's southern city of Mariupol has failed for a second time.

The International Committee of the Red Cross began opening up a safe… Read more Audio