Morning Report

About 70 firefighters have been working to extinguish a vegetation fire near Meremere that broke out last night.

Fire and Emergency Incident Controller Thomas Harre says the fire has covered about… Read more Audio

Pregnant New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis says she could have kept quiet about her predicament but felt "infuriated" after failing to gain an MIQ spot and seeking refuge in Afghanistan.

She… Read more Audio

National MPs will spend today and tomorrow in Queenstown navigating the best way forward under the leadership of Chris Luxon, as Aotearoa readies for a third year battling the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Shopping is about to become even more expensive, whether you're at the supermarket or a mall.

A report out by Retail NZ shows three quarters of retailers expect to put prices up by 7.5 percent over… Read more Audio

This week will probably mark the end of the golden weather for low Covid-19 case numbers in Aotearoa.

Te Punaha Matatini modeller Dr Dion O'Neale forecasts 200 cases in the community a day - by… Read more Audio

There's a push in this long holiday weekend in Auckland to get as many tamariki as posible vaccinated before they head back to class.

Northern Regional Health Co-ordination Centre clinical director… Read more Audio

Many schools and kura across the motu are starting back for the year today, but it won't be like anything they've faced before.

Staff are battling with how to enforce mask mandates and are dealing… Read more Audio

The equivalent of at least 60 Olympic swimming pools' worth of wastewater and faeces has been leaching into Auckland's Hobson Bay every year since 2017.

Locals are worried their health is in peril… Read more Audio

It's been a scorcher of a start to the year and one town in particular has had a stand-out summer.

Taumarunui is set to crack 32 degrees today, a temperature that's been reached several times this… Read more Audio

It's back-to-school for many across the motu - but it won't be learning as you know it.

Children from year four and above will be masked up, and interactions between different groups of students will… Read more Audio