Morning Report

With the green light for double-bubble outdoor gatherings, Aucklanders are getting ready to fire up their barbeques and pack picnic hampers for their first weekend meet-ups in a long time.

Since… Read more Audio

The Canterbury and Waikato rugby teams both believe they can overcome the loss of their Black Ferns players in tomorrow's Farah Palmer Cup final in Christchurch.

Canterbury are aiming for their fifth… Read more Audio

The first repatriation flight from New Zealand to the Cook Islands has landed in Rarotonga.

Eighty-seven people departed Christchurch last night after pre-departure medical checks and arrived home in… Read more Audio

Rapid antigen tests will play an important role in the future fight against Covid-19, and it's critical the country is prepared.

That's the view of a technical advisory group on testing for the… Read more Audio

To the US, Drug company Pfizer has submitted an emergency request for the authorisation of its Covid-19 vaccine for use in children aged from five to 11.

The Food and Drug Administration has promised… Read more Audio

A coalition of 25 firms contacted the Government on Tuesday, pleading for clearance to import 370,000 rapid antigen devices within the next week.

Ministers and officials will meet representatives… Read more Audio

The Government is bowing to pressure from business leaders who want fast acting Covid-19 tests available in workplaces.

A coalition of 25 firms contacted the Government on Tuesday, pleading for… Read more Audio

Communities in Waikato and King Country now in lockdown are trying to turn their vaccination rates around.

Vaccination centres have sprung up across the region after positive cases were detected in… Read more Audio

Wairoa - with a population of almost 70 percent Māori - was ahead of the game with its Covid-19 vaccination rollout but seems to have hit a roadblock.

Although it's fully vaccinated rates are the… Read more Audio

Northland is holding its breath after confirmation of a positive Covid-19 case in Whangarei.

An Auckland essential worker discovered to have a small trace of the virus while in Whangarei has now… Read more Audio