Morning Report

The business model around home printers is well known - buy the hardware at an affordable price but then shell out the big bucks again and again for ink cartridges.

In the US, things have moved to a… Read more Audio

Taking a few extra showers or baths each day is the best Paralympic gold medal winning swimmer Tupou Neiufi can do while she's locked out from a swimming pool.

Neiufi hasn't been in a pool for seven… Read more Audio

The outgoing head of the Financial Markets Authority says there are plenty of hard yards yet to be done to improve finance sector behaviour.

Rob Everett leaves at the end of the month after seven… Read more Audio

Ditching studies for work, forced into sharing rooms, and paying through the nose for damp, mouldy flats.

As Wellington's median weekly rent surges to $600, the life of a student in the capital is… Read more Audio

Napier City Council's decision to add Māori seats around the council table is being labelled a bittersweet victory by mana whenua.

The council has voted to establish Māori wards, but they won't exist… Read more Audio

Aged care providers say they're thrilled by the decision to guarantee 300 places a month in managed isolation for people in the health and disability sectors.

The pledge came from Health Minister… Read more Audio

Hospital emergency nurses say they're under pressure, anxious and exhausted as Covid-19 cases continue to rise.

There were 43 people in hospital yesterday with Covid-19, and during the outbreak many… Read more Audio

Organisers of the WOMAD festival in Taranaki say the event next March - featuring a completely New Zealand-based line up - will be just like any other year.

They say home based artists will go hard… Read more Audio