Morning Report

A summer holiday close encounter with an Orca is not what a group of children were expecting when they paddled their kayaks out into Ligar Bay, near Takaka, but it's left them buzzing.

Nelson's… Read more Audio

Porirua has been named the most expensive rental market in the country - a dubious title at odds with the city's image as the home to some of the country's poorest suburbs like Waitangirua and Cannons… Read more Audio

A major political poll shows support for Labour has continued to creep downward. A slip of 1 percent support since November has left it at 40 percent.

National is up 4 points, but at 32 percent the… Read more Audio

More than 175,000 students across the country will begin their university year next month.

This comes as the highly transmissble Omicron variant is already in the community.

New Zealand University… Read more Audio

Covid-19 is infiltrating more parts of the Pacific - bringing anxiety to some island nations that had succeeded in avoiding the pandemic until now.

There is particular concern in Kiribati, where a… Read more Audio

The Government will this morning announce the route and cost of Auckland's long-awaited light rail project.

Three options were presented to Cabinet last year, each of which run from the City Centre… Read more Audio

Labour is down in the first political poll of the year, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern recording her lowest score in the preferred Prime Minister stakes.

Both National and it's new leader… Read more Audio

Māori health leaders say something needs to be done to close the vaccine gap for Māori.

Many Māori are ineligible for boosters until March - which is when the Omicron outbreak is forecast to peak.

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An Auckland chemist says the SoundSplash music festival could become a Covid-19 super-spreader event.

Dr Joel Rindelaub told Morning Report while traditionally, outdoor transmission is 20 times less… Read more Audio

Teenagers who attended the Soundsplash Festival near Hamilton at the weekend say half their friends now have Covid-19.

Some say they have been told they have omicron and there are fears the event… Read more Audio

Court documents submitted in New York show Prince Andrew has demanded a jury trial in the civil case being brought by Virginia Giuffre.

The American woman alleges she was sexually assaulted by the… Read more Audio