Morning Report

Nurses are set to resume strike action at public hospitals throughout the country in a bid for better pay and conditions.

Last month 30,000 nurses walked off the wards in hospitals when employment… Read more Audio

Oranga Tamariki staff have physically harmed children in their care 40 times in the last two-and-a-half years.

The figure comes from the Ministry for Children's own public reporting on abuse in care… Read more Audio

The two mariners who've tested postive for Covid-19 didn't have to quarantine when they arrived in Auckland.

They're part of a group of nine mariners who flew in on Monday before being transferred… Read more Audio

Two fishermen, who were transported from Auckland to New Plymouth and are now aboard a fishing vessel off the Taranaki coast, have tested positive for Covid-19.

The infected men are part of a group… Read more Audio

The Children's Commissioner wants Oranga Tamariki to make public how it deals with staff found to have abused children in their care.

Official figures - contained in the Ministry for Children's own… Read more Audio

Two fishermen who were transported from Auckland to New Plymouth have tested positive for Covid-19.

The pair are now aboard a fishing vessel off the Taranaki coast.

Maritime Workers Union national… Read more Audio

Russia is seeing the highest number of Covid-19 cases since January this year - and deaths in the country hit at a record high for five days in a row this week.

Despite good access to the vaccine… Read more Audio

National MP Matt Doocey is pushing for the Health Select Committee to open an Inquiry into the 15 new Inpatient Mental Health Facilities and upgrade projects under development.

He's is urging his… Read more Audio