Morning Report

The era of ultra-cheap money looks to be coming to an end after yesterday's Reserve Bank monetary statement.

It held the cash rate at 0.25 percent but halted the bond buying programme, which has… Read more Audio

Government agencies are expanding rapidly, raising fears the public sector is sucking workers away from private businesses with big money offers.

Updates from 18 departments and ministries reveal… Read more Audio

Vaccinators will have to inject one person a minute at the country's first mass vaccination event at the end of July.

Just 12 health workers will immunise 15,000 people over three days at the… Read more Audio

Police shot an armed man dead in the Hamilton suburb of Hillcrest last night.

The shooting occurred when officers visited an Odonoghue Street address, looking for a person in relation to firearms… Read more Audio

New Zealanders are now being told not to travel to Victoria or New South Wales as the Covid-19 situation worsens across the Tasman.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says he is concerned about… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

Wildfires are burning across the American west including the largest in Oregon, called the Bootleg fire.

The fires come after major heat events across the extremely dry region. Firefighters have been… Read more Audio

Any pause to the travel bubble with Victoria will affect the plans of any Australian tourists who've been eagerly anticipating a New Zealand getaway.

Amy Dawson lives in Melbourne.

She and her… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

Businesses are complaining an expanding public service is adding to their recruitment woes.

One example is the Ministry for the Environment, which is two thirds bigger than it was two years ago and… Read more Audio

Freight logistics company Mainfreight is ready to go with a Covid-19 vaccination plan for more than a thousand workers and their families in Auckland.

They've been working out the details since last… Read more Audio