Morning Report

The floor undulates beneath your feet and on the roof there's a forest - 30 years after the late Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser first sketched his original design, Whangarei's… Read more Audio

A researcher of the far-right says protesters around parliament are at risk of being radicalised - if they aren't already.

About 1000 people are occupying the area which has become a sort of… Read more Audio

There's a real possibility of Omicron spreading among the likely hundreds of unvaccinated protesters living in close quarters around Parliament.

The unvaccinated are much more likely than the… Read more Audio

In Canada a three-week protest is all-but over after hundreds of police in riot gear swept through the streets of the capital, Ottawa, chasing demonstrators away.

Nearly 200 protestors have been… Read more Audio

The Winter Olympics are over, with the curtain coming down in Beijing overnight in a colourful closing ceremony.

Leading a small New Zealand contingent into the Birds Nest Stadium was flagbearer Nico… Read more Audio

Patients are spending as long as 36 hours in emergency departments - often waiting hours in corridors.

Corridor waits were supposed to be abolished years ago but doctors say the problem is hitting… Read more Audio

To the UK, where Queen Elizabeth has tested postive for Covid-19.

A statement from Buckingham Palace says she is experiencing mild symptoms and that the 95-year-old Monarch will still try to attend… Read more Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern recently spoke to Susie Ferguson about an anti-vaccination mandate protest convoy.

RNZ political editor Jane Patterson spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

A handful of people have been arrested as police block off streets in a bid to contain the protest at Parliament and free up Wellington streets.

About 300 police staff and trucks and forklifts were… Read more Audio

Jacinda Ardern says the protestors have had their time, it’s time for them to go home, and police are now taking action to ensure the protest doesn’t grow.

The Prime Minister says a police operation… Read more Video, Audio

The man who started the "Go Home" petition aimed at the anti-mandate protestors at Parliament says he has been receiving violent threats.

But James Black - not his real name - says the support he's… Read more Audio