Morning Report

Yesterday, one year after the Whakaari tragedy, victims' families, survivors and rescue workers gathered for a commemorative ceremony in Whakatane.

At 2.11, the exact moment the volcano erupted… Read more Audio

Two more people involved with the Comancheros motorcycle gang have been sentenced after a failed million dollar drug deal and a money laundering scheme.

A major raid on the gang in April last year -… Read more Audio

While a report on the police response to the mosque shootings says they did an exemplary job, some of the victims disagree.

Rosemary Omar, who lost her son, Tariq Rashid Omar, is full of praise for… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

A property website that allows real estate agents to change so-called "market estimates" is defending the practice, saying it's about ensuring buyers have the most information possible.

The chief… Read more Audio

Whakatane-based singer Maisey Rika came in to RNZ with singers, Te Rina and Erica Ransfield to perform and talk about the song, Te Puketapu ki Paepaeaotea, which she composed at the time of the… Read more Audio

Home ownership rates are the lowest they've been in 70 years, and dropping.

First home buyers trying to crack the market are fighting against investors, cash offers and soaring house prices.

First… Read more Audio

A woman sexually abused by her foster father for many years says she was abandoned by Anglican Social Services which placed her in care.

The witness, known as Ms M has given evidence to the Royal… Read more Audio

Mental health patients are still being locked in small sparse seclusion rooms despite being told to end the practice by the end of the year.

It's five years since the United Nations Committee on… Read more Audio

Britain has become the first country to begin using a fully tested vaccine against Covid-19.

The first person to receive the jab was 90-year-old Margaret Keenan who described the moment as "the best… Read more Audio