Morning Report

It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

The Black Caps welcome their second opponents of the summer in tonight's opening T20 cricket international against Pakistan in Auckland.

The match comes after New Zealand's two convincing T20 wins… Read more Audio

Just a week out from Christmas, authorities in New South Wales are racing to rein in a rapidly growing cluster of Covid-19 in Sydney.

On Thursday evening the state government announced that a total… Read more Audio

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

A big win for the US and some finger pointing by Team UK dominated the opening day of sailing in the America's Cup World Series in Auckland.

American Magic made the biggest impact on the water with… Read more Audio

University of Auckland researchers say industry self-regulation is failing to keep the cap on sugar with sugar-laden drinks accounting for almost 80 percent of drinks sold at supermarkets.

Over half… Read more Audio

Four years after the occupation by "protectors" began, a deal on the future of the land at Ihumātao has been announced by the government.

The breakthrough deal to buy the disputed land has brought an… Read more Audio

In the US more than 3600 people died of Covid-19 yesterday a new, shocking record for a country that has now recorded more than 17 million cases of coronavirus infection.

A second vaccine is expected… Read more Audio

Cyclone Yasa has struck Fiji overnight, with winds gusting as high as 350kmph flash flooding, large waves and strong winds are all a part of the threat to the Pacific Island, the aftermath will be… Read more Audio

Russian athletes will be barred from competing at major international events, including the Olympics, under the country's flag until the end of 2022 after the court of arbitration for sport court… Read more Audio

New Plymouth's iconic music, arts, and dance festival WOMAD, which takes place in March every year, has been cancelled for the first time in its 16 year history.

It comes less than a month after the… Read more Audio

Transport officials planned to ask residents near the Auckland Harbour Bridge if their properties could be tested for heavy metals, without telling them contamination had already been found nearby.

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