Morning Report

Work begins today on shoring up Wellington's Ngaio Gorge, reducing the arterial road to a single lane.

It will take two years and $11 million to remediate and reinforce the area affected by… Read more Audio

An inner city Auckland rehab centre has seen a steep increase in the number of people taking synthetic cannabis and says Covid-19 stress could be to blame.

Hundreds of people suffering from drug use… Read more Audio

There are fears Picton's air quality could suffer thanks to an expanded ferry terminal.

The plans include a new cruise ship berth, almost right in front of the township.

Tracy Neal reports. Read more Audio

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

Test rugby has returned in nail-biting style, with the All Blacks somehow escaping with a 16-all draw against Australia in yesterday's first Bledisloe Cup Test in Wellington.

The teams couldn't be… Read more Audio

Labour has failed to get DHB deficits under control this term despite going hard on underfunding when in opposition.

At the moment 19 of the 20 DHBs are in the red but the problem of health boards… Read more Audio

Melbourne's emergence from a gruelling, months-long lockdown may be delayed again - as the rate of new coronavirus cases has stayed stubbornly above the levels set to trigger the relaxation of… Read more Audio

The race for Tāmaki Makaurau is tightening up

A new Māori Television-Curia Market Research poll has the current MP, Labour's Peeni Henare, at 35 percent with the Māori Party's John Tamihere just six… Read more Audio

The All Blacks coach Ian Foster doesn't believe being held to a 16-all draw by the Wallabies in Wellington puts them on the back foot for the Bledisloe Cup series.

In his first match in charge… Read more Audio

Learner drivers in small towns and country areas are taking to the roads illegally because the tests to get their licence have been banned outside of bigger main centres.

Teenagers often have their… Read more Audio

Reducing child poverty formed the centrepiece of Labour's 2017 campaign with leader Jacinda Ardern personally leading the charge.

But three years on has anything got better under the coalition… Read more Audio

Against a backdrop of an unprecedented global crisis, one of the most unusual elections in a generation will be over in under a week.

So in the last week of campaigning we're attempting to catch up… Read more Audio