Morning Report

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

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