Morning Report

'It's life Jim, but not as we know it.' - a famous observation by Star Trek's Spock that could easily describe lockdown.

Many things we take for granted are simply not as straightforward. Often more… Read more Audio

The number of MIQ rooms available for people desperate to enter the country has been falling sharply since the beginning of the year.

Figures provided by the Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins… Read more Audio

Associate Minister of Health, Peeni Henare, has responded to our story this morning that five Aucklanders could have received a injection of saline solution instead of the Pfizer vaccine.

The… Read more Audio

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died at the age of 80.

A family statement said Watts died peacefully in a London hospital, surrounded by those closest to him.

It comes weeks after it was… Read more Audio

Almost 53 years ago, the Apollo 8 mission was the first manned space flight to leave low earth orbit, and reach the moon.

The mission was a precursor to the famous Apollo 11 moon mission which… Read more Audio

A Defence Force Hercules has arrived back at its base in the Middle East after evacuating a second group of New Zealand and Australian nationals from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan.

A second group of New Zealand evacuees has made it out of Kabul and is awaiting for a commercial flight home.

New Zealand is working with Australian Forces to repatriate at least 200 New Zealand… Read more Audio

The National Party is contining to criticise the government's handling of the latest outbreak of Covid-19.

They say the vaccine rollout has been too slow, and the parliament suspension means there… Read more Audio

Applicants for the wage subsidy have been coming thick and fast, with 128,000 since the scheme opened on Friday and almost half billion dollars already paid out.

But the country's biggest employers… Read more Audio

A staff member from Middlemore Hospital's emergency department tested positive for Covid-19 last night, but health authorities deem it a low risk.

The worker is fully vaccinated, was wearing PPE and… Read more Audio

Five Aucklanders who turned up for their Covid-19 vaccine last month may have got a dose of saline solution instead but the Ministry of Health still hasn't told them.

The Ministry still isn't saying… Read more Audio