Morning Report

A clean-up is beginning in West Auckland after Tuesday's floods.

Dozens of homes were left uninhabitable after the flooding.

Auckland Emergency Management's deputy controller Rachel Kelleher spoke… Read more Audio

Thousands of construction sites are re-opening today amid predictions that common building products could run out in just three days.

The construction sector says the Government's failed to… Read more Audio

Takeaway restaurants have reopened across the country with a return to Alert Level 3 for everyone south of Auckland.

Wellington reporter Kirsty Frame spoke to Corin Dann from outside McDonalds at the… Read more Audio

Takeaway is back on the menu in the South Island.

For many reluctant cooks, Level 3 brings a much-wanted break from baking, braising and boiling as well as a boost to businesses.

Tess Brunton has… Read more Audio

Auckland's southern boundary is closed off to most travellers once again, after Alert Level 3 began for most of the country.

Reporter Andrew McRae spoke to Susie Ferguson from State Highway 1 at the… Read more Audio

Moves are underway at Auckland Hospital to provide more rooms can be available Covid-19 patients.

There were 32 patients in hospital across the region yesterday, 18 of them were in Middlemore, 12 at… Read more Audio

Lockdown means different things to different people.

For many it's juggling Zoom meetings with childcare, and battling supermarket queues - others are hardly noticing a difference.

Taranaki… Read more Audio

New Zealand soldiers say they had to drag people through sewage and over barbed wire to get evacuees to safety in Kabul.

The Defence Force has revealed more details about how the army evacuated New… Read more Audio

Delta cases isolating at the Grand Mercure in Wellington are allowed to leave their rooms and use the hotel's "fresh air" area, which is an underground car park.

The joint head of managed isolation… Read more Audio

The Employers and Manufacturers Association is concerned at a backlog of applications to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment for workers to cross Auckland's southern border.

Alan… Read more Audio