Morning Report

Families of victims of the Pike River explosion have accepted official advice it will be unsafe and too expensive to go further into the mine.

Twenty-nine men lost their lives in the explosion in… Read more Audio

The Blues and Chiefs will stage the first-ever women's match between the two Super Rugby franchises. Read more Audio

A building expert says some in the building sector are stockpiling supplies, including timber.

Julian Leys from the Building Industry Federation says there are shortages of supplies across the… Read more Audio

An Auckland mechanic has written to the Transport Minister warning that truckers are in revolt against an unsafe and unfair Warrant of Fitness system.

This follows engineers who certify trucks as… Read more Audio

The giant ship blocking the Suez Canal for nearly a week has been refloated and is now making it's way out of the canal.

The bow of the Ever Given was wrenched from the sandy bank of the canal… Read more Audio

Travellers carrying certificates that say they do not have Covid-19 are later testing positive when they settle in to a managed isolation facility.

Yesterday the Ministry of Health reported eleven… Read more Audio

What happens if a patient doesn't die during a euthanasia attempt?

That's one of a number of ethical and legal questions being asked by palliative care experts who say we are woefully unprepared to… Read more Audio

After more than 33 years, two men have finally been held to account for shooting dead a popular publican at the Red Fox Tavern in Maramarua.

Chris Bush was gunned down at the pub the Saturday night… Read more Audio

A pizza factory has gone up in flames in Ōtautahi Christchurch overnight, gutting the building.

Romano's, on Foundry Drive, is close to a shopping and food arcade, the Tannery.

Firefighters are… Read more Audio

Nearly a year after the death of black man George Floyd the trial of the former police officer accused of his death has begun.

Floyd was being restrained by officers in Minneapolis when Derek Chauvin… Read more Audio

RNZ can reveal the government approved the export of military hardware to the United Arab Emirates, a key partner in Saudi Arabia's military intervention in Yemen, in 2018 and 2019.

It included… Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio