Morning Report

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

As children return to school this week it may come as a surprise to learn their experience is remarkably similar to that of their forebears almost a hundred years ago.

New Zealand health authorities… Read more Audio

The stress is continuing to grow for redundant Queenstown workers as reduced rents return to normal.

Between 8000 and 10,000 jobs have been lost in the resort town and more are expected to go in the… Read more Video, Audio

Closing New Zealand's borders to anyone but residents to clamp down on Covid-19, has also cut-off more than 90 percent of visitors to Rotorua's oldest tourism business, The Whakarewarewa Village.

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All eyes are on leader of the National Party Simon Bridges after a devastating poll which shows Labour surging ahead.

In a Newshub Reid-Research poll released last night, Labour is on 56.5 percentage… Read more Audio

The Transport Agency estimates allowing people to legally cycle on footpaths could lead to one death and 17 serious injuries a year but still have a $10 million dollar up-side.

But opponents say the… Read more Audio

Vanuatu continues to be in desperate need of aid in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Harold, which swept through the Pacific in early April.

The islands of Espiritu Santo and Pentecost are among the… Read more Audio

If you thought the air was a little cleaner during lockdown, you're wrong.

It was a whole lot cleaner.

Niwa scientists estimate that pollution was down by three-quarters on average across the… Read more Audio

While schools reopened on Monday, many parents chose to keep their children at home.

Data collected from more than 1400 schools by the Ministry of Education showed an average national attendance rate… Read more Audio

Some people who lost jobs during the Covid-19 lockdown haven't found themselves out of work for long.

Around 40,000 more people signed up for the benefit during Alert Level 4 and 3, forcing the… Read more Audio

Spending has increased significantly as the country moved from the Covid-19 Alert Level 4 to Level 3 and now to Level 2, but some businesses are still doing poorly.

Paymark, the company that runs… Read more Audio

The first days of life under Alert Level 2 has started with a hiss and a roar for retailers, restaurants and cafes, but some business owners fear the spending splurge will be short lived as recession… Read more Audio