Morning Report

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

New research shows a strong link between nitrates in drinking water and babies being born underweight or prematurely.

The Otago University analysis is of major overseas studies including one… Read more Audio

Rotorua shot putter Lisa Adams is thrilled to be heading to her first Paralympic Games in Tokyo in just over 90 days.

Adams, who has cerebral palsy, broke her own F37 shot put world record three… Read more Audio

A French court has ruled that thousands of victims of defective breast implants are entitled to compensation.

The case was brought by 2700 women who said they suffered long-term physical and mental… Read more Audio

The head of the Secondary Principals Association, Deidre Shea, says the government's wellbeing budget will make teachers' job easier.

She says the increased social spending in the Budget will help a… Read more Audio

People in Dunedin are delighted to see the Hillside railway workshops coming back to life - the Budget has earmarked $85 million to build a wagon assembly plant. 

The workshops effectively closed in… Read more Audio

The number of new cars available for sale is at its lowest in decades.

Stock is at a quarter of normal levels and a global crunch on carmakers - thanks to a shortage of computer chips - shows no sign… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

After a year of zero visitors, the Cook Islands is now pondering just how many visitors it actually wants to return.

Until Covid-19 shut the borders in March, the country was seeing record numbers… Read more Audio

The Labour government says it will lift tens of thousands of children out of poverty with its increases to the benefit.

Under plans announced in the budget, beneficiaries will recieve increases of… Read more Audio