Morning Report

National's deputy leader Paula Bennett says her name has been cleared by the courts after - what she calls - a fishing expedition by Winston Peters for his own political purposes.

Peters - the deputy… Read more Audio

New Zealand's Alert Level 4 lockdown has been extended for a little over a week, ending just before midnight on Monday 27 April.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Morning Report the extension was… Read more Audio

Front-line doctors and nurses who braced for the worst under Covid-19 are relieved the government is staying cautious.

They say New Zealand is in a great position to eliminate the disease - if people… Read more Audio

RNZ reporters were out and about - carefully - to see what the public thought of the decision to continue on level four lockdown until after the upcoming holiday weekend.

Most thought the right call… Read more Audio

The epidemiologist who audited the country's contact tracing system says New Zealand was not ready for a pandemic like Covid-19.

Ayesha Verrall from the University of Otago found the tracing system… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

It is now known 19 people have been been killed by a gunman in Nova Scotia in Canada who disguised himself as a police officer.

It's Canada's deadliest mass shooting.

The Canadian police have found… Read more Audio

Early childhood services want more evidence it will be safe to reopen next week and some are likely to remain closed.

The government says schools and early learning centres will open on 29 April for… Read more Audio

Opposition leader Simon Bridges says the Government's decision to extend lockdown shows it hasn't done the groundwork required to have the country ready.

The national lockdown has been extended until… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

Italy has recorded its first fall in infection rates since the pandemic began - but its death toll is still edging up with 454 deaths on Monday.

The country has now recorded almost 180,000 cases and… Read more Audio