Morning Report

A number of New Zealanders decided not to take the opportunity to be evacuated back home from Wuhan.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says consular staff are working on the best way to assist New… Read more Audio

Further tests have confirmed none of the passengers evacuated from Wuhan are infected with the Novel Coronavirus.

Nearly 160 people rescued from the Chinese city are settling in for their two week… Read more Audio

There have been a number of developments overnight in the spread of the Novel Coronavirus.

In China, the doctor who was one of the first to warn about the Novel Coronavirus only to be silenced by the… Read more Audio

Some residents of Mataura are returning to their homes after flooding caused the town to be evacuated on Wednesday.

Heavy rain caused the local river to swell to dangerous levels, inundating… Read more Audio

Some Mataura residents are heading home after flooding hit the town on Wednesday.

The local river swelled due to heavy rain and threatened to burst its flood defences, forcing the evacuation of… Read more Audio

Some Mataura residents have returned home only to discover they face a massive clean-up job.

The town had been a no-go zone for two days amid fears of flooding and the potential release of toxic… Read more Audio

The Crusaders coach Scott Robertson is confident David Havili's big match experience will see him through tomorrow night's super rugby derby match against the Chiefs in Hamilton. Read more Audio

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

President Trump has hinted he will move to make impeachments harder to pursue in his first remarks since being acquitted of impeachment.

Speaking at a national prayer breakfast a short time ago Trump… Read more Audio

The Māori Party President says it now has a strong preference for Labour because part of the reason they lost their place in Parliament was the long relationship with National.

National's leader… Read more Audio

Alison and George Bishop returned to their Mataura home last night to find their home under a metre of water.

Matuara was the last evacuated town to be reopened in Southland after the Mataura River… Read more Audio