Morning Report

Fluffy animals have flooded Instagram story feeds this week, with users sharing pet photos alongside a tag that a tree will be planted for every post.

While it may have delivered your daily dose of… Read more Audio

Two Dames have taken aim at the top Family Court judge saying she's ignoring concerns about how whanau are treated.

Eighteen months ago, Dame Tariana Turia and Dame Naida Glavish met with Principal… Read more Audio

Rural hospital doctors have detailed the lack of support they received from DHBs during the first Covid-19 outbreak, in new research by the University of Otago.

The study lays bare issues of equity… Read more Audio

House buyers are at increasing risk of developers using sunset clauses to bail out of contracts.

That's prompted lawyers to begin work on a safer contract in a market plagued by the pandemic.

Phil… Read more Audio

The Waikato District Health Board was told its IT security was inadequate and severely compromised just months before a massive ransomware attack that brought Waikato Hospital to its knees.

The… Read more Audio

National Party Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop wants travellers coming into New Zealand to be able to skip MIQ, freeing up the spaces for people in the community with Covid-19 to isolate.

It comes… Read more Audio

A mass departure from MIQ hotels starts on Sunday, as new rules for international arrivals shorten the stay to seven days followed by a three day isolation at home.

MIQ officials say each person will… Read more Audio

The Bay of Plenty town Murupara has the country's lowest vaccination rates - less than half of the eligible population has had even one dose.

A local doctor, who rejects the Pfiizer vaccine, is… Read more Video, Audio

Hospitals are holding one-on-one interviews with vaccine hold-outs in the hope it can persuade them to get a jab before they lose their job.

Any DHB employee who hasn't had a first vaccine dose will… Read more Audio

After more than a week of positive wastewater tests, Delta cases have been found in the Taranaki community.

The six new cases of Covid-19  were confirmed in the town of Stratford - with one person in… Read more Audio