Morning Report

The annual Garden Bird Survey has ended, with researchers preparing to tally the results.  

The citizen science project asks people to take note of which birds visit their gardens, and they're added… Read more Audio

The Environmental Protection Authority has given the logging industry a new extension which allows it to keep releasing a highly toxic gas into the air.

In 2010, the EPA said timber exporters had 10… Read more Audio

At Christchurch Women's Hospital, when a support person stays with a new mum and baby -  they have to sleep on the floor.  

Charity the Māia Health Foundation wants to change that - launching a… Read more Audio

England are heading to the semi-finals of the European Championships at Wembley for the first time in 25 years after a 4-0 win over Ukraine in Rome at the weekend.

It's a surreal time for football… Read more Audio

In New South Wales, only a third of staff at an aged care facility where two workers have tested positive for Covid-19, have been vaccinated.

Three elderly residents have also tested positive.

The… Read more Audio

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

The Department of Internal Affairs admits it had to let pokie machine operators break department rules for almost 20 years, because its own regulations contradicted the law.

Emails released to RNZ… Read more Audio

Humanitarian organisations are welcoming a unilateral ceasefire in the Ethiopian region of Tigray but say hundreds of thousands of people remain in dire need.

It follows nearly eight months of… Read more Audio

Schools and businesses are discovering this morning whether they've been affected by a worldwide ransomware attack.

On Saturday, it struck Miami-based IT company Kaseya, and infiltrated companies… Read more Audio

South Island ski fields are hoping for a blizzard of Australiains as the travel bubble cautiously reopens this week.

Quarantine-free travel from Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia and the ACT… Read more Audio