Morning Report

Fires continue to rage across New South Wales as winds whip up the flames, a mysterious foundation that loans money to New Zealand First is under scrutiny, the Catholic Church begins its first-ever… Read more Audio

Almost exactly 250 years ago to the day that an astronomer on Captain Cook's first voyage to Aotearoa observed Mercury passing the sun, the rare celestial event has taken place again.

Keen… Read more Audio

Councillor Nicola Young and Mayor Andy Foster are hoping to revive the capital's flag.

The flag features a curious looking blue dolphin, and a galleon ship adorned with the English flag in black and… Read more Audio

Cancer advocates say lives are being cut short needlessly because there's no universal testing for a type of lung cancer mutation.

About 8 percent of advanced lung cancer patients have the mutation… Read more Audio

The Government will reveal today whether it wants a massive overhaul of the school system or something a little less ambitious.

The Education Minister, Chris Hipkins, is releasing the final report of… Read more Audio

Climate change campaigners are meeting at a conference in Wellington today to talk about setting up a Citizens Assembly in 2020. Aotearoa Climate Emergency say they want to break the political… Read more Audio

Māori leaders are alarmed that armed police squads set up to tackle serious crime will also deal with low-level offending.

They say it was overkill that armed officers in Hamilton stopped a car and… Read more Audio

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

The family of a Taranaki teenager killed in a head-on smash with a driver of a ute - who took more than a year to admit responsibility for the crash - say they are satisfied that he is now remorseful.

It's a trial that's involved a man called Mr Lyttle, an undercover police operation called Mr Big, and a confession which a jury must decide whether is genuine.

David Lyttle is on trial at the High… Read more Audio

The Police Association says it broadly supports the government's proposal for Firearms Prohibition Orders, designed to keep guns out of the hands of the country's most high risk people.

The… Read more Audio

Wildfires in Australia have claimed multiple lives and destroyed hundreds of properties, but show no sign of abating.

Channel 9's Gabrielle Boyle is on the line from Taree.  Read more Audio