Morning Report

Plans are underway for an information hub in Auckland to help immigrants stranded or jobless because of Covid-19.

A Queenstown centre set up in June to offer immigration and welfare support was… Read more Audio

A Wellington artist has taken out a $25,000 dollar prize for a rather unusual piece of work.

Poppy Lekner's piece, 'Forward Slash', consists of hundreds of forward slashes on a single sheet of A4… Read more Audio

Climate change means, among other things, shrinking glaciers.

You might be surprised to learn that the scientific evidence linking human greenhouse gas emissions and the melting of glaciers is pretty… Read more Audio

Pasifika researchers are dismayed at the Government's choice of a relatively cheap way of running the next Census in 2023.

Both Pasifika and Māori groups say this is not the way to rebuild trust… Read more Audio

New tenancy law which aims to strengthen renters' rights is expected to be pushed through Parliament under urgency this week.

Associate Housing Minister Kris Faafoi has promised to overhaul the… Read more Audio

People around Queenstown are being encouraged to get tested for Covid-19 after a recent visitor tested positive in South Korea.

A free pop-up surveillance testing site has been set up today at the… Read more Audio

Opening borders to yachts could be a sustainable way to invite travellers back into New Zealand.

Yachties say systems are already in place to cope with a steady arrival of yacht owners.

Chris… Read more Audio

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

Hong Kong was lauded for its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic until relatively recently. In what's becoming a cautionary tale, the city now finds itself dealing with a third wave of infections.

The… Read more Audio

Microsoft is in talks to buy part of TikTok, a Chinese social media app which is popular with young people around the world.

If the sale goes ahead the tech-giant will take control of the app in the… Read more Audio

Thousands of shops, factories and offices across Melbourne are closing on Thursday for six weeks after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews ordered them to shut to stop the spread of coronavirus.

One… Read more Audio