Morning Report

Research into how New Zealand's political parties are using social media in their election campaigns has thrown up examples of what is being labelled 'half-truths.' Doctor Mona Krewel from Victoria… Read more Audio

The government is redirecting millions of dollars from attracting foreign teachers and using it instead to pay for more New Zealanders to train as teachers.

It is doubling to 540 the number of places… Read more Audio

The New Zealand government has announced its first agreement to purchase a Covid-19 vaccine.

The deal secures New Zealand enough doses of the drug for 750-thousand people.

But before that vaccine… Read more Audio

People's right to privacy on the Internet could change, after several governments -- including New Zealand's -- made another plea to be allowed access to encrypted content.

Minister of Justice Andrew… Read more Audio

The Medical Association has back tracked on its stance opposing the cannabis referendum, and apologised to doctors who feel they were misrepresented.

It now says it isn't taking a position on the… Read more Audio

Homeless teenagers in Auckland are being turned away in droves from housing services which say they cannot cope with demand.

One teenager, who lived rough for nearly two years, is calling on any new… Read more Audio

Campaigning continues today as the major parties target marginal seats in the final week of voting.

Judith Collins and Jacinda Ardern both hit the capital today, as their nationwide roadshow… Read more Audio

A senior official at the World Health Organization (WHO) says lockdowns should be the last resort to control Covid-19.

On the face of it, that's a startling reversal in advice from the world's top… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

As political campaigns go, getting arrested is not top of the TO DO list for most candidates - and being loaded into a paddy wagon certainly wasn't what Donna Pokere-Phillips had planned.

But… Read more Audio

The United Kingdom is introducing an alert system to attempt to bring the spread of Covid-19 under control.

From Monday, regions will be classified as being at a medium, high or very high alert… Read more Audio

Labour's Grant Robertson and National's Paul Goldsmith have squared off yet again - this time in last night's Stuff finance debate.

Fiscal holes, the cost of housing and the Provincial Growth Fund… Read more Audio