Morning Report

The hair removal products market is worth just over $4 billion globally, but it's not just the financial cost that hits people where it hurts.

In a new series Charlotte Cook investigates the… Read more Audio

Imagine if you could be told 20 years in advance you were going to get dementia and then begin treatment to prevent it.

One long-term study is hoping to bring that closer to reality.

RNZ's Kim… Read more Audio

A conservation group is calling on the government to push for mass environmental destruction, or ecocide, to be declared a crime by the International Criminal Court.

The move would mean individuals… Read more Audio

A medical expert says more needs to be done about chronic kidney disease in New Zealand.

University of Otago research shows it's more prevalent among the Pacific population than previously thought.

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Netball's domestic competition has opened with a major upset after last year's defending champions - the Auckland-based Northern Mystics - went down to the 2021's least successful team, the Waikato… Read more Audio

Oranga Tamariki has failed to meet with Māori to design new sexual violence services for children as unmet demand ratchets up.

The agency says it is still in a relationship-building phase with Māori… Read more Audio

Wellington - born film director Jane Campion has continued to soak up international awards for The Power of the Dog.

On Sunday the Directors Guild of America awarded its top prize for feature-film… Read more Audio

Ukrainians in Aotearoa say action must be taken quickly after Parliament passed a bill to toughen sanctions on Russia.

All political parties supported the Russia Sanctions Bill and this means… Read more Audio

More than two million people have now left Ukraine, with around 250,000 of them currently in Warsaw. Poland can only take so much - and it's warned the European Union it needs more money to help.

The… Read more Audio