Morning Report

Super Rugby Aotearoa will be the first professional rugby competition in the world to play in front of their fans in the Covid-19 era when the competition kicks off this weekend.

The Highlanders play… Read more Audio

Secondary teachers are at loggerheads with their own disciplinary body the Teaching Council and have given it a vote of no confidence.

A letter to PPTA members says the Council's head should resign… Read more Audio

From today the government wants the country to Unite for the Recovery as the government's focus shifts to the economy.

But economists are warning any recovery is still some way off - and the economic… Read more Audio

Locals in Raetihi say the community will be there to help the family get through the deaths of a much-loved grandmother and her two grandsons.

The three died when their farm vehicle plunged into a… Read more Audio

Perfect conditions for a freezing cold weekend are on their way for the South Island.

A strong high pressure system, combined with clear skies and long nights mean temperatures could drop as low as… Read more Audio

It's the first morning of Alert Level 1 and a return to a way of life not seen in more than 11 weeks.

We've sent RNZ reporters out into the streets throughout the country as we did at the start of… Read more Audio

The Highlanders chief executive, Roger Clark, says having fans back in the stadium is a major boon for the Super Rugby Aotearoa competition. Read more Audio

The Warehouse Group is planning to cut up to 1000 jobs across six stores and its head office. The move is part of a restructure which has been accelerated by Covid-19.

Two of the stores slated for… Read more Audio

The last New Zealander to be cleared of Covid-19 says she is lucky to be alive after battling the virus in Auckland's Middlemore Hospital for more than two months.

Lilian Su'a was sedated for a month… Read more Audio

As people pay their respects at a memorial service in George Floyd's home city of Houston, Derek Chauvin, the policeman accused of murdering Floyd, has just appeared in a Minnesota District Court.

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The former prime minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer has revealed the Soviet Union tried to penetrate New Zealand government systems and infiltrate the ruling Labour Party during the Cold War.

In an… Read more Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she is "angry" after hearing up to 1000 jobs will go at The Warehouse Group. 

The large company has proposed shutting six stores as part of a restructure, which the… Read more Audio