Morning Report

The tornado which tore through South Auckland homes in June is the costliest on record, for insurance companies.

So far customers have been paid a total of $24 million in home and content losses.

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New Zealand's much discussed brain drain has turned into a 'brain-gain' - at least for now, according to new research published by the Helen Clark Foundation.

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Contractors working for the Government on pandemic programmes are making millions of dollars from some agencies.

Recruiters talk of a sector that is pumped-up and "feel-good" like never before.

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

Young climate change activists are describing the latest report card on the planet as a stark reminder government's need to crank up work on cutting emissions before it's too late.

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Tauranga port workers caught up in the latest Covid-19 scare at the Port of Tauranga are feeling lucky - so far - with 11 negative tests so far, and none positive.

Health officials are scrambling to… Read more Audio

This year's gun buyback and amnesty saw more money paid out to the police than it did to firearms owners.

Gun owners who handed in their firearms as part of the buyback got just over $2.4… Read more Audio

Thousands of New Zealanders had their power cut off last night on one of the coldest nights of the year.

It wasn't a power cut, but a deliberate rolling blackout to manage electricity demand which… Read more Audio

Spin dominates the 15-player squad named for this year's T20 World Cup. Read more Audio

A body sanctioned by the UN, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, issued its latest and most dire assessment about the state of the planet and the impact of human behaviour on the climate.

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The Pacific's coral reef systems and coastal fisheries are set for extinction if wealthy nations don't drastically and immediately cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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A body sanctioned by the UN, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, issued its latest and most dire assessment about the state of the planet and the impact of human behaviour on the climate.

… Read more Audio