Morning Report

The State foster care system will be the focus of the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care hearings this week.

Five hundred people have come forward to the inquiry saying they were abused while in… Read more Audio

A bipartisan group of US senators have agreed on a proposal for very limited gun safety legislation.

They've announced a gun safety framework including support for state "red flag" laws, tougher… Read more Audio

Wild weather has thrashed the country over the weekend, leaving floods, tornadoes, hail and damage in it's path.

There is nowhere to hide from it with 38 weather warnings and watches across the motu.

We cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

Only four players from the Black Sticks women's hockey team who won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games have been named in the squad for the looming title defence in Birmingham.

But if a team of… Read more Audio

Political leaders from around the world are gathered in Germany this week for the Bonn Climate Change Conference.

The climate campaign group Plant Based Treaty wants to see the conference endorse a… Read more Audio

A leading researcher into achieving smokefree targets has been given a top accolade.

Otago University professor Professor Janet Hoek has been awarded the 2022 Critic and Conscience of Society Award.

England's players say Brendon McCullum has made a profound impact as their new Test coach and that confidence levels are bubbling heading into the second Test against New Zealand starting tomorrow.

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Vaccine researchers are increasingly interested in the pursuit of a universal coronavirus vaccine that is resistant to all variants.

University of Auckland vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris spoke… Read more Audio

The red severe thunderstorm warning has lifted for Kāpiti, Masterton and Wairarapa, but no one is clear of the danger yet.

A watch is still in place for much of the country.

MetService meteorologist… Read more Audio