Morning Report

An Auckland GP says she feels like she's in battle, and testing centres have described chaos as Omicron charges through the city.

There were nearly 4000 new cases in Auckland yesterday - a number… Read more Audio

Russian forces have launched a full invasion of Ukraine - a massed assault by land, sea and air - the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War II.

Cruise and ballistic… Read more Audio

Russian forces have launched a full invasion of Ukraine - a massed assault by land, sea and air - the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War II.

Cruise and ballistic… Read more Audio

Pharmacies are inundated by people phoning to ask how and when they can buy a rapid antigen test, or RAT.

Many have stocks of the tests but these are earmarked for priority groups who get them for… Read more Audio

Omicron cases are surging, but so is the number of rapid antigen tests that the government has to hand.

Over the past two days, 5.2 million rapid antigen tests arrived in the country, with a further… Read more Audio

Less doom and gloom - that's the plea from the Employers and Manufacturers Association as the country enters Phase 3 of the Omicron response.

Alan McDonald, the group's head of advocacy and strategy… Read more Audio

Ukrainians are fleeing the country as fears of missiles and airstrikes grow.

People not leaving have been advised to seek shelter and - many have taken refuge in metro stations their cities are… Read more Audio

Police in the United States are trying to catch an unusual suspect who's broken into more than 30 homes in Lake Tahoe, California.

The serial intruder is a large Black Bear named Hank the Tank, who… Read more Audio