Morning Report

The government is being told it must act urgently on immigration to attract and keep desperately needed nurses and doctors.

One specialist recruitment agency says medics are ruling out New Zealand… Read more Audio

There were 83 new cases of Covid-19 in the community yesterday - taking our total cases in this outbreak to 511.

However, numbers appear to be levelling off - on Saturday there were 82, and 70 on… Read more Audio

Tens of thousands of people are fleeing the US state of Louisiana, as a monster storm of potentially historic proportions, barrels towards the state.

Hurricane Ida is currently a Category 4 storm… Read more Audio

It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

Shouted at and even pushed - Claire Dale says challenging anyone over illegally using a mobility park is a risk.

But as a person who suffers pain simply to walk, she is determined to fight for her… Read more Audio

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