Morning Report

A 30-million-year-old penguin fossil has been identified as a completely new species, 15 years after it was discovered by school kids.

Massey University researchers say the bird, while closely… Read more Audio

It seems the influence of the Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield is no match for peer pressure.

Principals have told RNZ most teenagers in alert level two areas are not bothering to wear… Read more Audio

A homicide investigation has been launched in Timaru after three people were found dead. Police were called to a house on Queen Street in the suburb of Parkside just after 10pm on Thursday.

Three… Read more Audio

Fox Glacier businesses are holding out hope for a school holiday boost after a long and difficult winter.

Several businesses have already closed in town and others are considering whether to… Read more Audio

With terror laws set to be updated this month, there's skepticism over the call to review agency actions leading up to the LynnMall knife attack.

Police, Corrections and intelligence services are to… Read more Audio

As of midnight, truck drivers and others crossing the sensitive border between Auckland and the rest of the country now have to show proof of Covid-19 tests.

Mainfreight managing director Don Braid… Read more Audio

When Napier woman Jules Cunningham woke up on Thursday, she was not expecting to see photos of mobile Covid-19 vaccination clinics driving around Auckland with her idea for a nickname displayed on the… Read more Audio

The first fleet of Covid-19 vaccination buses hit the streets of South Auckland yesterday.

Nicknamed 'Shot Bro', the buses are the latest strategy by public health officials to reach the city's goal… Read more Audio

Associate Minister of Health Peeni Henare says a truck driver’s positive Covid-19 test came through as part of surveillance testing.

The driver delivers supermarket supplies and travelled to… Read more Audio

The search continues today for Thomas Phillips and his three young children who are missing on the isolated part of west coast of the North Island.

The family's abandoned ute was found in the surf at… Read more Audio

The mystery is deepening as the search continues today for Thomas Phillips and his three young children.

The family's abandoned ute was found in the surf at Kiritehere Beach in the King country on… Read more Audio

There has been a triple homicide in Timaru.

Three bodies have been found in a house, another person is in hospital.

Emergency services arrived at the house just after 10pm to find the bodies of the… Read more Audio