Morning Report

The Justice Minister Andrew Little is not considering changes to the kinds of evidence juries can hear about a murder victim's sexual history in the wake of the Grace Millane trial.

A bill before… Read more Audio

The Government has delayed the awarding of tenders to run school buses that carry 40 million children a year after a union raised safety concerns.

Documents show these concerns being raised with… Read more Audio

Police have shot and killed a man after a 14 hour standoff in Tauranga.

The man was holding two children hostage yesterday when police moved in and shot him.

Police say there was no other option due… Read more Audio

Residents of a quiet Tauranga street have described hearing multiple gun shots as armed officers moved in on a man holding two young children hostage.

The police say they had no other option as fears… Read more Audio

Spinner Mitchell Santner shapes as the trump card for New Zealand heading into the final day of the first cricket test against England at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. Read more Audio

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

Twenty-seven protesters who stormed an oil company's support ship in Timaru yesterday morning, spent the night on board, and are still refusing to leave.

The activists allege the ship's owner, the… Read more Audio

The police say they had no choice but to shoot a man who held children hostage at knife point yesterday.

The standoff started just after midnight on Sunday, when the police say the man's partner… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

Groups supporting beneficiaries have written an open letter to the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, calling for urgent changes to the way the welfare system defines relationships.

At the moment… Read more Audio

An Auckland MRI technician says staff are literally running between patients as they try to get their work done and slash growing backlogs.

More than 2000 Auckland patients are on waiting lists for… Read more Audio