Morning Report

The UK has slashed its foreign aid by more than four billion pounds a year for the foreseeable future.

MPs voted narrowly this morning in favour of the cut - from 0.7 of the country's GDP, to 0.5… Read more Audio

Imports of some of the dirtiest, lowest grade coal have rocketed in each of the last four years.

Most of it comes from Indonesia and last year, and for only the second time in 20 years, New Zealand… Read more Audio

For the price of about $17 would you like to own a house with an escape hatch under the bathtub? Or how about a ranch, or a stadium viewing box?

Mexico's government is raffling off Mexican drug lord… Read more Audio

A teenage girl is in a fight to keep the National Aquarium in Napier open.

The council is considering its closure, after the Government denied it funds for a huge redevelopment.

Tom Kitchin reports.

Because of Covid-19, tens of thousands of young people have flown home to Aotearoa while fewer than normal are leaving. But coming home, especially to a smaller town, can prove tough.

In Hawke's Bay… Read more Audio

The crater lake on Mount Ruapehu is heating up.

The lake - Te Wai a-moe - typically goes through heating cycles, and GNS measurements show that early this month the temperature started building.

GNS… Read more Audio

Training is being escalated for a new class of Covid-19 vaccinator it's hoped will both bolster numbers and reach more communties.

Non-medical health workers, social workers and support workers are… Read more Audio

Clinical psychologists are calling for more training places to be made available urgently to try to keep up with huge demand.

Psychologists are turning away as many as 60 clients a month because they… Read more Audio

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