Morning Report

Military personnel have now left New Zealand to help with evacuation efforts from Afghanistan.

Nobody will follow their progress with greater feeling than Tina Grant, whose husband, Corporal Doug… Read more Audio

Lockdown has come at one of the worst possible times for plant nurseries.

The businesses should be busy delivering late winter planting crop to clients around the country, now there's a risk that… Read more Audio

New South Wales is "learning to live" with the Delta strain, the state's Premier said, as she confirmed yesterday another record for daily Covid-19 cases.

The raging crisis there, forming the basis… Read more Audio

It's shaping up to be another big day at testing centres in Auckland this morning.

Guyon Espiner spoke to Jean Bell, who was at the testing station in New Lynn. Read more Audio

Dairies are frustrated new Covid-19 provisions for supermarket workers, like vaccine priority and Police support, aren't being extended to smaller grocers.

Sunny Kaushal, chair of the Dairy and… Read more Audio

Cabinet has agreed to make the Pfizer vaccine available for 12-15 year olds from 1 September.

This after Medsafe - following the lead of many of its overseas counterparts - gave a provisional… Read more Audio

New Zealanders find out today if the Covid-19 lockdown is going to be extended.

A three-day alert level four is set to end tonight for everyone outside Auckland and Coromandel.

So far there are 21… Read more Audio

The much-awaited new album 'Solar Power' by New Zealand singer Lorde is released today.

The Grammy award winner from Devonport in Auckland spoke to Charlotte Ryan for Music 101, from her apartment in… Read more Audio

The Transport Agency spent more than $180,000 advertising the Clean Car Discount during the first month of the policy.

The advertising paid for print and radio ads, as well as posters, flyers and… Read more Audio

Retailers say they're being left in the dark about what they can sell online under Alert Level 4.

Only 'essential' consumer products for contactless home delivery are permitted, but the definition of… Read more Audio

Wastewater testing is playing an important detective role around the country as health authorities race to find out whether Covid-19 cases have spread from Auckland.

Public health professor Philip… Read more Audio