Morning Report

As many as 100 protesters fresh from the parliamentary occupation this week wanted to stay at a Lower Hutt marae, only to be told in no uncertain terms: kahore he ara, there's no way.

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Kyiv is still fully in the control of the Ukrainian government.

Overnight there has been large explosions on the outskirts of the city and the Russian armoured convoy remains on track for the city.

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Conservationists are celebrating a bumper breeding season for a critically endangered subspecies of diving petrel.

There are now 210 of the birds, a modest increase from previous years.

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Winemakers in New Zealand's oldest and second-largest wine region, Hawke's Bay, are worried Omicron will disrupt their busiest time of the year - the grape harvest.

Growers are hoping they can get… Read more Audio

Members of the disabled community are worried they'll been left on their own, unable to get out of bed or go to the toilet when the Omicron outbreak hits its peak.

Twenty-five percent of New… Read more Audio

An Auckland emergency doctor, who's at home with Covid-19 herself, says staff shortages are heading towards the worst she's seen.

There are hundreds of frontline staff off because of Covid-19 across… Read more Audio

The union covering thousands of Allied Health workers says it's angry that it's been ordered to cancel a strike planned for today.

The PSA had already agreed to call off the planned day-long strike… Read more Audio

As international sanctions increase athletes from Russia and its close ally Belarus have been banned from competing in the Winter Paralympics in Beijing Internationally assets such as super yachts are… Read more Audio

The Women's Cricket World Cup gets underway in Mount Maunganui today, 12 months after the tournament was originally scheduled to begin.

Covid-19 is still having an impact on the tournament, with… Read more Audio

An RNZ reporter went out to visit some of the sites that protesters are currently occupying after the dramatic removal of their camp at Parliament lawn on Wednesday.

Susie Ferguson got an update. Read more Audio

Some of the protesters forced off parliament's grounds are regrouping in Wellington and say they hope to re-occupy the site, maybe as soon as this weekend.

They're calling on others to join them.

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The global markets are beginning to absorb the effects of the the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

There are no sanctions on Russia's oil exports, but fears of trading restrictions have driven up oil and… Read more Audio