Morning Report

A campaigner for gun control says a new firearms law will help police identify red flags in the travel patterns of potential gun-owners.

The reforms made under the Arms Amendment Regulations 2021… Read more Audio

Survivors of abuse by the Catholic Church say the number of complaints released by the church fails to capture the real number of sufferers, which could be six-times more.

The new figures from the… Read more Audio

The Government is not budging on its promise to leave the retirement age unchanged, despite renewed warnings superannuation's rising cost could become unsustainable.

There have long been calls to… Read more Audio

Infections in the community are moving slower than they have in overseas Omicron outbreaks, but a Covid-19 modeller warns we need a clearer picture.

The University of Canterbury's professor Michael… Read more Audio

MetService has issued a red warning for heavy rains expected to create dangerous conditions on the West Coast - it's the forecaster's most extreme category of warning.

The rain started overnight, and… Read more Audio

The World Health Organisation says the amount of medical waste generated by the Covid-19 pandemic is a threat to human health and the environment.

A new report is warning discarded syringes, used… Read more Audio

In Canada, what started as a convoy of truckers protesting the vaccine mandate has turned into into a blockade in the capital Ottawa.

The protestors aren't just opposing Covid-19 policies in country… Read more Audio

Some parents are threatening to take their children out of school because of the mask-mandate for older primary school children.

Principals say they are surprised how many families want to… Read more Audio

A company supplying rapid antigen tests says the government has finally taken its stranglehold off tests that should have already been available.

The government has announced that it will have access… Read more Audio

The National Party says all school children, teachers and staff would get two rapid antigen tests a week if it was in power.

That was one of several announcements made by party leader Christopher… Read more Audio

The Kingdom of Tonga will go into a nationwide lockdown on Wednesday after two cases of Covid-19 were detected through routine testing at the wharf in Nuku'alofa.

RNZ Pacific News Editor Susana… Read more Audio