Morning Report

The shoe brand Converse is being accused of misleading people with its global public art campaign, Converse City Forests, in which it claims the murals it's painted are the equivalent of more than… Read more Audio

Parents want more health advice over skyrocketing cases of a virus that is potentially deadly to young babies.

Hospitals all over the country are being overwhelmed with children suffering the… Read more Audio

Government officials have dismissed the prospect of a purpose-built quarantine facility to help keep out Covid, calling it "unfeasible."

That's despite the Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins… Read more Audio

Nurses are seeking a big pay rise in the latest round of collective negotiations with the government, and are willing to strike to get it.

Leader of the opposition Judith Collins wouldn't say if she… Read more Audio

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

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