Morning Report

Vehicle inspectors who have been feeling under attack from the Transport Agency say they have won a reprieve.

The industry is now expecting the watchdog to be 'gentler', and rogue assessors to be… Read more Audio

An Auckland vaccination centre says it may have to cut the number of days it operates unless it gets more vaccinators.

Each nurse at the Otara site is delivering about 100 injections a day and it… Read more Audio

More fishing crew are on their way to New Zealand from Covid-19 hotspots such as Russia.

More than 200 of them spent weeks longer than planned in a Christchurch hotel last year after 31 tested… Read more Audio

Education is one of the biggest areas of spending for the government at around $18 billion a year.

Schools take a big chunk of that money and they are hoping this week's Budget will provide help with… Read more Audio

The government's promised to lift thousands of children out of poverty and reform the welfare system - but those struggling to make ends meet say it's not getting any easier.

In the lead-up to this… Read more Audio

The United Nations Secretary General has called for an immediate end to fighting between Israel and Palestine as the 7th day of conflict became the deadliest so far.

The United Nations Security… Read more Audio

On Sunday an Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed more than two dozen people in the deadliest day in the conflict this week.

The air strike levelled a 13-storey building hosting a number of media… Read more Audio

A new political poll has National Party leader Judith Collins taking a big fall in the preferred Prime Minister stakes.

The Newshub/Reid Research poll shows Collins has dropped close to 13 points to… Read more Audio

Hundreds of foreign investors are expected to land here in coming months as a result of new border exemptions allowing wealthy investors linked to two government programmes to visit.

The Ministry of… Read more Audio

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

New Zealand has qualified another rowing crew for the Tokyo Olympics after the men's eight won their race at the last chance regatta in Switzerland.

Needing to finish in the top two, the New… Read more Audio

Preparation for the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine on the Chatham Islands is underway.

The remote archipelago lies about 800 kilometres east of Christchurch and is home to almost 700 people - 560 of… Read more Audio