Morning Report

Hundreds more young people are being admitted to hospital with self-inflicted injuries.

The Counsellors Association says school mental health services are so overstretched with these serious… Read more Audio

Tony Brown says he won't be joining up with anyone other than his Japan boss Jamie Joseph if he decides to go for the All Blacks coaching position. Read more Audio

Wellington' property owners are being told they must accept they won't always be able to rely on private insurers in an earthquake.

The Mayor's Insurance Taskforce was set up last year in response to… Read more Audio

New Zealand's population is racing towards five million and our demographics are changing with it.

But have our perceptions of who the 'average' Kiwi is moved with the times too?

As part of RNZ's… Read more Video, Audio

A "Bollywood Overreaction". That's how Shane Jones has described the Indian community's backlash to his comments last week where he said migrants could go home if they didn't like the Government's new… Read more Audio

It was only day one, and already the National Party's newest addition was making news.

On Monday night, Christopher Luxon was selected as National's candidate for the Botany electorate.

And by early… Read more Audio

Documents show big problems surrounding the overhaul of the country's critical IT systems for managing highway crashes, snarl-ups and roadworks.

The Transport Agency ditched a multimillion-dollar… Read more Audio

The United States has officially notified the United Nations that it will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord in a year's time, 4 November 2020.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted that the US… Read more Audio

Dozens of firefighters battled a large scrub fire in Mt Wellington late last night and another scrub fire on Mt Eden shrouded the city centre in smoke.

Fire and Emergency's National Advisor, Fire… Read more Audio

Firefighters were called out to 72 blazes last night all of them sparked by fireworks and most of them in Auckland.

The largest fires were on Mount Wellington and Mount Eden. Ben Hocking, who was… Read more Audio

Japan assistant rugby coach Tony Brown says his loyalty is with Jamie Joseph and has ruled out an All Black coaching position with anyone else. Read more Audio

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