Morning Report

A claim yesterday that there could be 7000 deaths if only 80 percent of those over age five are vaccinated for Covid-19 is proving controversial.

Health authorities in Auckland are working overtime… Read more Audio

There's an influx of wild boars on to roam in Rome.

It hasn't gone down well with locals, who say it's a sign the Italian capital is going to the dogs, or the hogs at least.

Rome correspondent Seema… Read more Audio

The All Blacks will play their 100th test against the Springboks on Saturday. This comes 40 years after the South African team toured New Zealand - sparking outrage here and abroad.

For 56 days in… Read more Audio

New Zealand is donating more Covid-19 vaccines to both the Pacific and the COVAX initiative - which supports global equitable access to the vaccine.

The move has just been announced by the… Read more Audio

A Covid-19 modeller has described the Government's release of data on vaccination, disease and deaths rates as a sideshow causing unnecessary fear.

The modelling done by Te Pūnaha Matatini at the… Read more Audio

Voters go to the polls in Germany this weekend to elect their next government and choose who will succeed the long-serving Angela Merkel as chancellor.

For millions of younger voters, Merkel is the… Read more Audio

There's a call to bring down barriers preventing intensive care nurses from coming into the country and helping our ongoing Covid-19 response.

Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society… Read more Audio

A little over 100,000 Pacific peoples are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, with first doses creeping towards 200,000.

It comes as new Ministry of Health research suggests that Pasifika are no… Read more Audio