Morning Report

Being proud of what she achieved brought New Zealand swim star Sophie Pascoe to tears.

Pascoe joined a select group of Paralympians when she won the 100 freestyle final in Tokyo last night, her first… Read more Audio

National Party leader Judith Collins says Jacinda Ardern could have suspended Parliament if she was concerned about safety.

In person Parliament returned for the first time since the latest Covid-19… Read more Audio

A business owner in West Auckland says his situation feels like a kick in the guts when he's already down after multiple lockdowns, and a deluge of rain.

Floodwaters ripped through dozens of homes… Read more Audio

"A bit of a kick in the guts when you're already down"

That's how one business owner in West Auckland is summing up the situation after multiple lockdowns - and now, a deluge of rain.

Floodwaters… Read more Audio

The Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed vaccines will be prioritised for Auckland, ahead of the rest of the country.

He told Morning Report if vaccine supplies couldn't match… Read more Audio

Border checkpoints are back in Auckland.

They will remain as long as Auckland, and currently Northland, remain at alert level 4, while the rest of the country has shifted to level 3.

Police… Read more Audio

New Zealand is once again officially divided along Covid-19 lines.

The country south of Auckland is now in lockdown level three and police checkpoints at five locations on the city's southern… Read more Audio

Building new houses at least a metre and a half off the ground and basing civil defence staff in Napier are two of the suggestions coming out of a review into the Napier floods.

Heavy rain last… Read more Audio

The recent decision to delay NCEA and Scholarship exams by a fortnight has given high school students extra time to study.

But one principal says their anxiety levels are still going through the roof… Read more Audio

There are fears MIQ workers at Wellington's quarantine facility are being put at unnecessary risk with Covid-19 cases allowed to exercise in an underground car park with no forced ventilation.

All of… Read more Audio

The Road Transport Forum is advising freight and stock truck drivers to have their paperwork ready at the Auckland-Waikato border to avoid long delays.

Police checkpoints on Auckland's southern… Read more Audio