Morning Report

Northlanders are nervously awaiting the arrival of Aucklanders after the region's borders opened overnight.

The region has low vaccination coverage and there has been some concern from locals around… Read more Audio

Auckland borders are finally open for the first time since August. And people have been trickling out of Tamaki Makaurau since midnight.

Travellers must be fully vaccinated or need to have tested… Read more Audio

The New Zealand Medical Council has moved to suspend the practicing certificates of three doctors, saying that there is no place for anti-vaccination messages in professional practice.

The council… Read more Audio

Student Job Search is coming to the rescue of farmers and growers crying out for skilled workers.

There's been a 76 percent increase in the number of jobs it's offering in agriculture, fishing and… Read more Audio

A new funding deal is aiming at nearly 900 new homes for Porirua - the size of an entire suburb.  

It's the first initiative for the Government's Infrastructure Acceleration Fund and has been signed… Read more Audio

The capital is expecting an influx of Aucklanders after restrictions on the regions borders lifted.

Those in the city have been unable to leave for 120 days, but now travel is allowed for anyone who… Read more Audio

Aucklanders have fled the city and many are headed for the South Island.

Border restrictions have been lifted, provided anyone leaving can produce a negative Covid-19 test or vaccine pass.

Tim Brown… Read more Audio

National Party leader Christopher Luxon says people have to be held accountable for what he says was unacceptable practices paying inflated rents to private landlords.

A scathing review by the… Read more Audio

The Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni believes her department won't repeat the mistakes which saw money pumped into private rentals at inflated rates for sometimes sub-standard emergency… Read more Audio

It's all hands on deck at Northland's border checkpoints, with the mass exodus out of Auckland well underway.

Police, with support from iwi, have two checkpoints on State Highway 1 at Uretiti and on… Read more Audio

Aucklanders are taking to the skies to get out of the city after 120 days unable to leave the region.

Thousands are expected to leave the city today.

RNZ reporter Jean Bell who is Auckland airport.