Morning Report

Pressure is piling on the Government to reunite migrant families in who have been separated by Covid-19.

MPs yesterday took part in a heated and emotional debate at Parliament and challenged… Read more Audio

Health officials are being asked to approve a repatriation flight for stranded New Zealanders in India, which organisers believe could start bringing people home by the end of the month.

India's… Read more Audio

A message in a bottle has arrived at Ninety Mile Beach after months in the ocean.

Contact details inside have connected the Awanui community with a Greek seafarer who has never been to New Zealand.

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Unions and economists are joining in a call to overhaul the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme.

They say fruit and vegetable pickers from the Pacific Islands suffer high costs and poor pay and are… Read more Audio

In India, fully-vaccinated doctors are becoming infected again - causing concerns about the Covid-19 variant's strength.

The country's Covid-19 death toll crossed quarter of a million this week, and… Read more Audio

Health officials are being asked to approve charter flights out of India for New Zealanders desperate to come home.

Journalist Venkat Raman of Auckland-based Indian Newslink told reporter Harry Lock… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

The Teaching Council is urging teachers to confront racism with a campaign it says some might find scary.

The Unteach Racism programme aims to help teachers identify racism and address it.

It says… Read more Audio

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