Morning Report

The country's three residential special schools are costing taxpayers between $300,000 and almost a million dollars a child each year.

That's because the schools are half empty but are being funded… Read more Audio

Reporter Katie Todd is in Hamilton. She spoke to Kim Hill from the testing centre at Claudelands Event Centre. Read more Audio

Hamilton and Raglan have moved to alert level 3 after two new Covid-19 cases were detected in the region.

The lockdown will last at least five days, and covers not only Raglan and Hamilton but Te… Read more Audio

Cabinet is due to meet today to discuss a possible move for Auckland from level 3 to 2 although the prime minister has made it clear that borders will remain in place around the city.

She says the… Read more Audio

Proof of vaccination will soon be as necessary as a valid passport for international passengers flying on Air New Zealand.

The national carrier says vaccination is the new reality of global travel… Read more Audio

It's a year today since a fire ripped through the Lake Ōhau alpine village, forcing people to flee in the middle of the night.

Roughly half the homes in the remote MacKenzie basin were destroyed or… Read more Audio

The police hierarchy asked staff not to get vaccinated early in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, unless they did it through the police's chosen provider.

That's because the police were prioritising… Read more Audio

School holidays plans have been scuppered for many families in Waikato as part of the region bounces up into level 3.

Clinical Psychologist Dougal Sutherland from Victoria University of Wellington… Read more Audio

Ōtorohanga's mayor is shocked by what he's calling the "total disrespect for human life" when a man was killed during an apparent road rage-related brawl on Saturday night. 

The police have launched… Read more Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says ministers will be considering a road map that looks beyond single decisions when deciding on restrictions in Auckland today.

Ardern told Morning Report people will… Read more Audio

Waikato, Raglan, Te Kauwhata, Huntly, Ngāruawāhia and Taupiri are now in Alert Level 3 after two cases were reported yesterday.

RNZ reporter Katie Todd travelled from Auckland to Hamilton yesterday… Read more Audio