Morning Report

The problems with Wellington's drinking and waste water pipes are now regional - with Porirua City Council being told it faces a nearly $2 billion bill over the next 20 to 30 years.

A 2018 report… Read more Audio

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

Thieves in Northland have stolen nearly 40,000 litres of water from a school's water tanks in the midst of a drought.

There's only 16 students at Tinopai School but they'll have to buy more water so… Read more Audio

Michael Bloomberg's billions got him onto the Democratic primary debate stage - but did nothing to spare the former mayor of New York from the barrage he faced.

Until now the former mayor of New York… Read more Audio

A Brisbane mother who was killed along with her three young children on Wednesday "did everything she could to protect" them from her estranged husband, a friend told the ABC.

Hannah Clarke, also… Read more Audio

Māori leaders are decrying the horrific beating of a four year-old boy in Hastings and they say keeping quiet about what happened is not tikanga Māori.

The-four year-old remains in Starship hospital… Read more Audio

Cannabis use is continuing to decline among young teenagers, even as it rises among adults.

Research published in the New Zealand Medical Journal reveals that in 2018, 14 percent of Year Ten students… Read more Audio

The veteran batsman will become the fourth New Zealander to reach the milestone today when the first cricket test against India starts at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. Read more Audio

Gorecki's haunting Symphony No. 3 is the soundscape for one of the first events in the 2020 New Zealand Festival of the Arts Programme, and it's one the curator Lemi Ponifasio says has taken on new… Read more Audio

Actor and director Jennifer Ward-Lealand Te Atamira is the 2020 New Zealander of the Year.

The award was presented by the Prime Minister in Auckland last night.

Ward-Lealand was made a Companion of… Read more Audio

Some Chinese restaurants are crying out for customers following the Covid-19 travel ban on vistors from China.

The ban has been in force since 3 February.

Local diners are also becoming more… Read more Audio

Radio Sport and New Zealand Cricket have run themselves out after failing to reach an agreement.

NZME called time yesterday, announcing it would not be renewing the rights to broadcast live… Read more Audio