Morning Report

A renowned Ngāti Kahungunu spiritual leader - remembered for the wisdom and guidance she imparted on her iwi - is being laid to rest near Gisborne today. 

Dr. Rangimarie Rose Turuki Pere will be laid… Read more Audio

The fourteen accomplices to the 2015 attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris have been found guilty.

A French court delivered the verdict, following a three-month trial. Seventeen… Read more Audio

The mayor of New Plymouth wants to hike rates by 12 percent to get on top of the city's crumbling water infrastructure woes.

That bumper rise would only mark the start of a decade of steep rises to… Read more Audio

Friday marks the official end of a school year that some hope has permanently changed the way classrooms work.

The national and Auckland lockdowns forced hundreds-of-thousands of students and their… Read more Audio

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

Rotorua's parking system has been called "ludicrous", "nuts" and a "waste of money".

The i-Park system has cost the Rotorua Lakes Council over $1.7 million in the last year - almost 84% of its… Read more Audio

Overweight people in South Auckand are facing delays to gynaecological cancer diagnosis because the hospital can't see them quickly enough.

Counties Manukau DHB says women with a body mass index over… Read more Audio

People across Fiji have been boarding up their homes and preparing to evacuate, with Cyclone Yasa forecast to hit the country later tonight or tomorrow.

The cyclone is a category five, the highest… Read more Audio

A woman who demanded action against the so-called Roast Busters gang is welcoming news of arrests.

The police have arrested two 24-year-old men formerly involved in the gang, which boasted online… Read more Audio

The racing gets underway today in the America's Cup World Series in Auckland and the four day regatta provides a unique opportunity for the teams to assess their rivals' strengths and weaknesses Read more Audio

Moves towards returning the famed rose window to Christ Church Cathedral begin today.

An eighteen-tonne steel frame is being installed onto the cathedral's west facade as part of restoration work.

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National Party finance spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says the government should not be raising the minimum wage to $20 an hour, especially not now.

Woodhouse told Morning Report the wage increase… Read more Audio