Morning Report

Many schools and kura across the motu are starting back for the year today, but it won't be like anything they've faced before.

Staff are battling with how to enforce mask mandates and are dealing… Read more Audio

The equivalent of at least 60 Olympic swimming pools' worth of wastewater and faeces has been leaching into Auckland's Hobson Bay every year since 2017.

Locals are worried their health is in peril… Read more Audio

It's been a scorcher of a start to the year and one town in particular has had a stand-out summer.

Taumarunui is set to crack 32 degrees today, a temperature that's been reached several times this… Read more Audio

It's back-to-school for many across the motu - but it won't be learning as you know it.

Children from year four and above will be masked up, and interactions between different groups of students will… Read more Audio

The UK is considering sending extra British troops to Eastern Europe as the tension between Russia and Ukraine continues to escalate .

This would double the current British deployment in the region.

As the wheels get turning on the 2022 school year, a group is pushing for the Government to bring in a law that would see speeds capped at 30km/h outside every school in the country.

It's a speed… Read more Audio

About 70 firefighters have been working to extinguish a vegetation fire near Meremere that broke out last night.

Fire and Emergency Incident Controller Thomas Harre says the fire has covered about… Read more Audio