Morning Report

The 11-time world champion Kelly Slater will bring a touch of surfing magic to the Piha Pro next month - event director Chris Simpson says. Read more Audio

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

Cashless parking meters will start springing up around the capital from today in an effort to combat theft and vandalism.

The Wellington City Council is installing a handful of the meters as part of… Read more Audio

An Opotiki midwife says families should be able to focus on their baby's arrival into the world, rather than worrying about things like whether they have enough petrol to get to hospital.

Opotiki's… Read more Audio

The sodden clean up in Southland gets underway in earnest this week, as the remnants of floodwater slowly disappears and the full extent of the damage is revealed.

Jordan Bond reports. Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

New research is beginning into why so many work-related fatalities involve vehicles.

The government agency WorkSafe has put out a tender for a study into the business models and supply chain… Read more Audio

The Hurricanes aren't about to ease up after grabbing their first Super Rugby win of the season with a late 26-23 win over the Jaguares in Buenos Aires yesterday. Read more Audio

The coronavirus death toll passes 8-hundred, more than the 2003 Sars outbreak. Safety advocates say working conditions are making driving the number one workplace risk to life. Thailand is in mourning… Read more Audio

It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

A Hawke's Bay school is believed to be the first in the country to join a global campaign to discourage bullying and improve the mental health of its students by doing up its loos.

They were once… Read more Audio