Morning Report

The Environment Minister David Parker says he's still blind on contamination at Tiwai Point despite having had reports running to more than 170 pages for months.

Those reports warn that sea level… Read more Audio

Team New Zealand is taking nothing for granted heading into what could be the last day of racing for the 36th America's Cup. Read more Audio

New Zealand Defence Force personnel who work in managed isolation facilities have to play by different rules when not at work, depending on whether they are on a NZDF base or out in the community.

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Border exemptions have been granted for 126 cast and crew members of the Disney Broadway production of the Lion King.

The production is due to premiere in Auckland in June. 

The government says… Read more Audio

Kiwibank says tightened Loan-to-Value Ratios may not be having as much of an impact on investor activity as hoped.

LVR restrictions were reintroduced in March, and from the first of May, investors… Read more Audio

The Green Party says bold action is needed to avert the accelerating housing crisis and has released a four point housing plan.

The party is proposing measures to limit property investors, including… Read more Audio

The National Party has launched a petition calling on the Government to establish a trans-Tasman bubble immediately.

The Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says the Government will make a decision… Read more Audio

The Human Rights Commission wants victims of the Christchurch terror attack to receive compensation. It says the state failed in its duty to protect the basic right to life.

Many who were there on… Read more Audio

Team New Zealand need just one more win today to keep hold of the treasured America's Cup.

The defenders yesterday beat Luna Rossa by 30 seconds in race nine on Waitemata Harbour, in one of the… Read more Audio

Team New Zealand are on the cusp of victory in the America's Cup.

But it was the wind, and the race committee, that had the final say in an anti-climatic end to race day 6 - leaving the sailors to… Read more Audio

The government has been warned the Bluff aluminium smelter is at extreme risk of sea level rise, with "catastrophic" consequences including possible fatalities.

A risk assessment to Treasury says it… Read more Audio

New Zealanders who have lived in Australian detention centres say they would rather be in jail, citing brutal treatment and poor access to healthcare.

A deportee, who is now in managed isolation in… Read more Audio