Morning Report

Health experts are expecting Auckland's Covid-19 Alert Level to move down next week, after a string of low-to-no community cases recently.

There have been seven community cases in the last two weeks… Read more Audio

Snow or sleety showers and strong southwesterlies have continued to cause problems for some farmers in the south ovenight.

The weather is now expected to improve, but the full extent of stock losses… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

Most political parties aren't being ambitious enough when it comes to seriously addressing the housing crisis.

This is according to the Equality Network - an organisation made up of social advocacy… Read more Audio

Thousands of people in California have been forced to flee their homes as new wild fires spread throughout the region.

Officials say dry and windy weather has caused the fires to grow at… Read more Audio

Holiday parks around the country are bucking the trend in accommodation bookings, with an increase in the number of nights booked compared with the same time last year.

Hotels, motels and… Read more Audio

For many of us our mobile phones are now like an extension of our arms - and for some that means they follow us everywhere, even into the shower.

Wellington's Sustainability Trust says it's coming… Read more Audio

Freshwater anglers are eagerly anticipating the start of the new trout and salmon fishing season, which begins on Thursday.

Just in time for the school holidays, people will be able to get out on the… Read more Audio

A man who was wrongly identified as mentally disabled when just six years old, was then sent to a state institution where he was physically and sexually abused until the end of his teens.

It took… Read more Audio

Work is underway to get power generated at the Manapouri hydro dam in Southland to the rest of the country.

Rio Tinto announced in July it would close its Southland-based Tiwai Point aluminium… Read more Audio