Morning Report

Māori health workers and community leaders are hoping tomorrow's Budget addresses urgent social and health needs, with hints at a significant spend for Māori health. 

Last year's Budget committed $1… Read more Audio

A firefighter was taken to hospital after battling a blaze in South Auckland.

Reporter Mohammad Alafeshat spoke to Morning Report from the scene.
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One of the biggest international Indigenous film festivals is set to begin in Aotearoa next month. 

The ninth Māoriland Film Festival will feature 106 films over five days during Matariki.  

The… Read more Audio

Eyes are turning to Tauranga now that the Electoral Commission has revealed the names of the candidates standing in the coming by-election.

Winston Peters is not on the ballot and neither is the… Read more Audio

The steel industry says it's no bad thing if more scrap steel from the new cash for clunkers scheme gets sent offshore.

The Climate Change Minister James Shaw says the aim should be to recycle all… Read more Audio

Education agents warn that foreign students are not queuing up to return to New Zealand for what used to be a multi-billion dollar industry.

They say this country's handling of the pandemic is not… Read more Audio

New research shows a dozen 'super spreaders' of disinformation were behind most of the growth of online activity during the Parliament protest.

The Disinformation project - part of Te Punaha Matatini… Read more Audio

Some clerical health staff will earn 20,000 dollars more a year to recitify years of being underpaid.

District health boards have reached a gender pay settlement with 10,000 administration staff, 90… Read more Audio

The National Party leader says big companies should already be looking to make changes to lower their emissions.

Christopher Luxon has criticised part of the Government's newly released Emission… Read more Audio

A person remains in hospital this morning after being seriously hurt in an attack at a Wellington high school yesterday afternoon.

The police put Tawa College into lockdown for more than an hour a… Read more Audio

Lockdowns and Covid-19 restrictions have delayed almost 150,000 court appearances in the past two years.

Victims advocates say the backlog of cases has forced many victims to put their lives on hold… Read more Audio

The UK parliament has been rocked by another scandal, with a Conservative MP arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault.

A major review of the work culture within the House of Commons is… Read more Audio