Morning Report

The tourism industry is rejecting a call from the coroner for rental car companies to carry out more stringent checks of overseas drivers.

The coroner investigating the 2017 deaths of Jesse and… Read more Audio

Schools are starting to consider laying off extra teachers they have been paying for with fees from foreign students.

They and polytechnics, universities and private institutions are turning their… Read more Audio

Descendants of soldiers who fought in the Māori Battalion say they were blown away to learn their family members never received their war medals.

A list of 134 soldiers from the battalion's C company… Read more Audio

Political parties outside of parliament feel hard-done-by for being excluded from TVNZ's election debates.

TVNZ yesterday announced it had changed the criteria for its leaders debate, paving the way… Read more Audio

Parents and caregivers are being urged to keep their children off social media after footage of a man dying by suicide went viral on TikTok.

The social media platform has been attempting to remove… Read more Audio

Travel agents will receive up to $48 million in government funding to try and claw back money spent by New Zealanders on overseas travel that was cancelled due to Covid-19.

The fund will pay a fee to… Read more Audio

An emphasis on informed, enthusiastic and ongoing consent, inclusion, and shifting social norms in relation to gender will be some of the things teachers share with students when teaching sexuality… Read more Audio

Water pistols were deployed and hecklers encouraged at the famously raucous Aro Valley candidate debate in inner-city Wellington last night.

Strict social distancing made the Wellington Central… Read more Audio

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

Two newly released reports have predicted legalising cannabis could generate more than $1.4 billion dollars in public money every year.

The reports suggest decriminalizing cannabis would create up to… Read more Audio

Hundreds of people are coming off the government's12-week Covid-19 Income Relief Payment, without having found a new job.

Some of them will be eligible for the benefit, but that means a big drop in… Read more Audio