Morning Report

A species of fungi native to New Zealand has been found to be bioluminescent.

A photograph taken during the annual "fungal foray" at Stewart Island showed that Mycena roseoflava does indeed have a… Read more Audio

A new report shows the once plentiful scallop beds on the Coromandel coast are in crisis.

As part of the report, which was backed by the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council, a dive survey found that in… Read more Audio

Celebrated Christchurch poet Tusiata Avia has become the first Pacific woman to win the prize for poetry at the New Zealand Book Awards.

Avia won the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at last… Read more Audio

Fiji's Government has put parts of the country into lockdown after nine new cases Covid-19 case were reported.

It will come into force in Suva and Nausori from eleven o'clock tomorrow night and run… Read more Audio

Both the police and government are claiming a successful firearms buy-back, despite having no up-to-date estimate of how many guns they expected to be handed in.

Figures supplied by the Police… Read more Audio

Thursday is a red-letter day for cancer care in Southland.

Building consent for the new Southland Charity Hospital has arrived - on the day that would have been the 41st birthday of a high-profile… Read more Audio

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

About 200 people braved rain in Wellington yesterday to deliver a petition to Parliament demanding big increases to the budget of drug-buyer Pharmac.

They included 10-year-old Ryker Tolich, there to… Read more Audio

The latest blow-up over race relations in Parliament has raised the question - can MPs call each other racist in the House?

Speaker Trevor Mallard says no, but MPs can describe policies and even… Read more Audio

Former World Rugby player of the year Black Fern Kendra Cocksedge says "mental fatigue" has made her reconsider her playing future ahead of the rescheduled Rugby World Cup. Read more Audio

The Cawthron Institute says a lack of restrictions on underwater noise is putting some of New Zealand's most endangered mammals at risk.

The independent science organisation has been monitoring the… Read more Audio

An independent report shows the Education Ministry is preparing to take a tougher line on fraud by early childhood services.

The review of a special unit that identified and raided high-risk early… Read more Audio