Morning Report

Back to the US now where at least seven people have died, and tens of thousands have had to evacuate amid terrifying wildfires on the country's West Coast.

The sky in San Francisco has turned a dark… Read more Audio

A jury has heard the New Zealand president of the Comancheros motorcycle gang suspected his phone was bugged, and fretted about being arrested eight months before a major police bust.

Five people… Read more Audio

The New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko is sitting near the top of the leaderboard following her opening round at the ANA Inspiration in California. Read more Audio

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has reworked upcoming performances in Auckland and Wellington because parts of the set list couldn't be played while maintaining distance between musicians.

Three… Read more Audio

Heritage advocates say proposed changes to building regulations in Wellington will destroy the capital's architectural feel.

With the city's population set to expand by tens of thousands over the… Read more Audio

An early childhood educator says the number of complaints about preschools lodged with the Ministry of Education remains unacceptably high and may only represent the tip of the iceberg.

The Ministry… Read more Audio

The European Union is threatening legal action over the United Kingdom's plan to drop part of its Brexit agreements.

The Union has strongly criticised opposes the Internal Market Bill, which could… Read more Audio

An environmentalist group has failed in its attempt to block the construction of a huge waste dump for gold mines at Waihi.

A High Court decision to clear the sale of land to OceanaGold marks a… Read more Audio

The Mitre 10 Cup kicks off this weekend and the first round will be a blockbuster with the All Blacks available and champing at the bit to play for their province.

The All Blacks don't typically play… Read more Audio

Cabinet meets on Monday to review Covid-19 alert levels in Auckland and the rest of the country.

By then, New Zealand's largest city will have operated for two weeks at Level 2.5 and it will have… Read more Audio

Pacific health leaders are warning that bringing police in to help with Covid-19 contact tracing is a bad look and there are better ways to bolster expertise.

The police are providing advice to the… Read more Audio

Leaders of the Mount Roskill Evangelical Fellowship church say they want their entire congregation of more than 300 people to have been re-tested for Covid-19 by the end of today.

There are 45 cases… Read more Audio