Morning Report

The lack of diversity of the National Party's top team is raising eyebrows, and even a eliciting a modicum of mockery.

While three out of the top ranked MPs are women, there are no Maori MPs on the… Read more Audio

Sports clubs around the country are gearing up for a return to action following new the rules allowing gatherings of up 100 people.

For hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders the lockdown has meant… Read more Audio

With hospitality businesses reeling in the wake of travel ban announcements, and cancellations stacked up in travel company inboxes there's a push now to encourage people to holiday within New… Read more Audio

The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing trouble from within his own party over his decision to stick by his advisor Dominic Cummings.

The top aide has come under significant criticism after it… Read more Audio

While Covid-19 restrictions continue to ease domestically, fully opening up to the rest of the world largely hinges on the development of a vaccine for the coronavirus.

Yesterday the government… Read more Audio

A consortium of disability groups bidding for a $30 million public contract has lost out to an American callcentre operator.

The seven year contract to run telecom and digital communications for… Read more Audio

Only a few days into the job and already new National Party leader Todd Muller is discovering how combustible the top role can be.

Instead of being able to focus on a Covid-19 ravaged economy, he has… Read more Audio

The new National Party Leader Todd Muller has been criticised this week for putting only white faces on his re-jigged front bench. 

The highest ranked Māori MP in his caucus is former Deputy leader… Read more Audio

The Opposition has become embroiled in debate about its new look under new leadership - a startlingly white line-up on the party's front bench.

This week's reshuffle resulted in no Maori MPs in the… Read more Audio

New documents reveal the police knew its controversial Armed Response Team trial was flawed from the beginning.

The police launched its six-month Armed Response Team trial as a way to tackle a rise… Read more Audio

Tens of thousands in donors' funds given to the New Zealand First Foundation were spent paying expenses, wages and bills for people closely associated with the New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.