Morning Report

Thursday's MIQ room release has been postponed - just two days from when it was scheduled.

The head of MIQ Chris Bunny released a statement last night, saying the decision was made due to the… Read more Audio

One of the isolated Tongan islands without communication is Nomuka.

It has one of the closest villages to the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, just 70 kilometres to the north-east.

The New Zealand… Read more Audio

Evacuations are underway in Tonga's hardest hit areas, with every home destroyed on Mango island and extensive damage elsewhere.

Aerial photos are beginning to show the extent of the devastation… Read more Audio

The Tonga eruption has blanketed swathes of the Pacific nation's islands in volcanic ash.

Experts in New Zealand are taking note, to see what they can learn about the risks in Aotearoa.

The Auckland… Read more Audio

The Ministry of Health has admitted the traffic light system may need to be strengthened in the face of an Omicron Covid-19 outbreak. 

The Government's due to share its plans for how it will deal… Read more Audio

An advocacy group is urging the Government to slow down on progressing new Oranga Tamariki legislation - calling it a rushed patch job.

The bill - which would introduce an independent monitor -… Read more Audio

An advocacy group is urging the Government to slow down on progressing new Oranga Tamariki legislation - calling it a rushed patch job.

The bill - which would introduce an independent monitor -… Read more Audio

The extent of the devastation in Tonga is becoming clearer, with aerial photographs taken by the New Zealand Defence Force showing some of the utter devastation on islands.

Tongans living in New… Read more Audio

The extent of the devastation in Tonga is becoming clearer, with aerial photographs taken by the New Zealand Defence Force showing some of the utter devastation on islands.

The Tongan government has… Read more Audio

Cabinet ministers meet this afternoon to review the traffic light settings across the country, and decide whether Northland should drop from red to orange.

This meeting - Cabinet's first of the year… Read more Audio

Aid agencies are at the ready to help disaster-hit Tonga, but downed communications are slowing the relief response.

It's delaying what experts say will be an intensive cleanup after Saturday's… Read more Audio

Tongans in New Zealand are anxiously waiting for news from the islands following Saturday's volcanic eruption and tsunami.

Communication links are still down and could remain that way for weeks.

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