Morning Report

The Government's bold smokefree plan will prevent the next generation from ever accessing tobacco - a "world first" step towards a healthier future.

Business owners say it's "dairygeddon" for stores… Read more Audio

Frustrated nurses overseas who want to come home to work are finding it's too hard to get back - even with special spots in MIQ.

Some say there are still too many barriers - and one nurse just gave… Read more Audio

As Christmas inches closer, bakers up and down the country are desperately waiting for the supermarket shelves to be restocked with brown sugar.

A major product recall last month, over fears of… Read more Audio

A trans and non-binary researcher says it felt amazing watching a bill that will ease the process of changing the sex on someone's birth certificate pass its final reading.

The legislation passed… Read more Audio

Business New Zealand has stirred up an industrial hornet's nest by refusing to be a formal partner in the government's Fair Pay Agreements.

The group said it had rejected the government's offer to be… Read more Audio

Health and civil authorities in Queenstown are pulling out all the stops to improve Queenstown's readiness to cater for people needing to isolate with Covid-19.

Earlier this week, there were just two… Read more Audio

The man who murdered police constable Matthew Hunt is due to be sentenced in the High Court in Auckland this morning.

Eli Epiha opened fire with a semi-automatic on two officers on duty in a West… Read more Audio

Covid-19 cases have more than doubled in South Africa over the last week as the omicron variant spreads.

The World Health Organisation said the omicron variant is the dominant strain circulating in… Read more Audio

The Medical Council says it's urgently working with the Ministry of Health and the police to investigate a Kaiapoi doctor who has been filmed issuing fraudulent vaccination exemption certificates.

Ne… Read more Audio

The Government's smokefree plan will prevent the next generation from ever accessing tobacco - a "world first" step towards a healthier future.  

There's hopes it will wipe it out of the mindset… Read more Audio

Frustrated New Zealand nurses say they want to come home to work but it's too hard to get back - even with special spots in MIQ.

There are now 300 managed isolation spaces set aside a month for… Read more Audio