Morning Report

Iwi leaders say the Māori Health Authority is being used as a political football. 

National is piling on the pressure, saying the government is creating a separatist system. 

The Māori Party say… Read more Audio

India has reported it's highest-ever 24 hour surge in Covid-19 cases and a record-high daily death toll. In the past 30 days, the country has recorded 8.3 million cases.

So far, the virus has killed… Read more Audio

Travellers to New Zealand will soon be able to book managed isolation six months in advance.

The two-week hotel stays have been compulsory for more than a year but so far managed isolation and… Read more Audio

Super Rugby Aotearoa will come to a dramatic conclusion tomorrow evening as the top-seeds Crusaders take on second-placed Chiefs.

The final is being played at Orangetheory Stadium in Christchurch… Read more Audio

It will be months before senior students at Hutt Valley High School are back in the classroom fulltime after being forced out because of toxic mould.

The Education Ministry fronted up to some angry… Read more Audio

While public servants are getting a pay freeze, much more highly paid contractors and consultants are not.

The directive from the government for a three-year salary freeze does not apply to thousands… Read more Audio

The government doesn't know if crime is increasing in and around emergency housing because the police aren't collecting that information.

RNZs been told numerous stories of people victimised while… Read more Audio

The nightime wanderings of three-year Axle from Tolaga Bay may have shocked and amazed but his family's back story is highlighting the more commonplace crisis of homelessness.

Before moving to the… Read more Audio

Kiwis in India are feeling hopeless about their chances to escape pandemic-ravaged India, as they watch New Zealand's cricketers jump on a private jet out of the country this morning.

The Indian… Read more Audio

Flights to New Zealand from New South Wales have been placed on hold for 48 hours from midnight last night, as authorities investigate fresh Covid-19 cases in Sydney.

About 6000 people who have… Read more Audio

Fiji is facing what may the "worst case scenario" for the country, as Covid-19 spreads undetected in the community.

An infected 53-year-old man died in hospital on Thursday. The hospital has since… Read more Audio