Morning Report

New Zealand's management of the pandemic over the past eighteen months has been followed with interest around the world - but so, too, will the country's apparent lack of an exit strategy from the… Read more Audio

You're trying to work from home but your flatmates are partying in the lounge.

Or you've just started a Zoom call and your kids are running riot in the kitchen.

Or you're alone and can't see the… Read more Audio

What does or doesn't constitute an essential business has been a debated question ever since the first lockdown last year.

If the latest lockdown is anything to go by, it hasn't been fully resolved.

As the country waits today for news on any moves of alert levels - particularly for the South Island - wastewater testing is again centre stage.

Covid-19 has been detected in Christchurch's… Read more Audio

Pacific peoples have been carrying a particularly heavy load with the Covid-19 outbreak.

Part of the community has been targeted by abusive messages after it was revealed that a church service just… Read more Audio

An Afghani man who saved a New Zealander's life - and even named his daughter after Jacinda Ardern -has been left to die as the Taliban encircle his home. Wellington man Dwayne Wilkins says he's tried… Read more Audio

US officials are in crisis talks after Kabul's airport was rocked by twin bomb blasts overnight.

At least 60 people have been killed and more than 140 injured.

The attacks come after numerous… Read more Audio

Orana Park has set up webcams for Kiwis in lockdown to get the full zoo experience.

Fans can check out their favourite animals - otter, meercats and rhinos at the Christchurch animal park.

The… Read more Audio

New Zealanders are now going to be surveyed to help track reactions to the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.

A text message will be sent from the Ministry of Health to about 10 percent of randomly selected… Read more Audio

Residents living near Wellington International Airport are considering their options now an independent commission has been given conditional approval for a massive expansion.

The plan - intended to… Read more Audio

A new international study shows the airborne spread of viruses has been "vastly underappreciated".

Previously the small droplets we coughed and sneezed were thought to be the culprits in the spread… Read more Audio

New Zealand paralympic swimming star Sophie Pascoe has won our first medal of the Tokyo Games, in an event that she says she entered at the last minute.

Pascoe claimed silver in the 100 metres… Read more Audio