Morning Report

A lack of air conditioning at Hawke's Bay Hospital is leaving staff and patients sweltering in 30 degree heat, and unions say it's so hot it's becoming unsafe to work.

Fans and ice blocks are being… Read more Audio

Political leaders from all parties will be welcomed on to the Treaty grounds at Waitangi today.

Once again they have the opportunity to lay out for iwi, hapu and whanau what they've achieved - or in… Read more Audio

The Routeburn Track has been struck by a land slide overnight, leaving 31 trampers trapped.

The slip hit the Howden Hut around 1.30am and all those inside are safe and awaiting evacuation.

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The mysterious foundation bankrolling the New Zealand First Party has been receiving donations from entities connected with some of the country's wealthiest business people.

The Foundation has been… Read more Audio

Authorities are hoping for a break in the weather to allow them to get stranded tourists out of Milford, but more heavy rain is forecast for today.

The only road in to Milford Sound is closed due to… Read more Audio

The government-chartered Air New Zealand plane will arrive in Wuhan around 2am New Zealand Time tomorrow, 9pm local time, and is scheduled to pick up 70 New Zealanders.

The flight should then arrive… Read more Audio

New Zealanders stranded in Wuhan due to the city's deadly coronavirus outbreak will later today undergo rigorous testing before boarding a government-chartered plane to fly home.

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Some relief perhaps for the Black Caps for the rest of the tour by India with opener Rohit Sharma out of the rest of the tour. Read more Audio

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

Winston Peters says he knows for a fact the National Party will still be open to coalition talks with New Zealand First after the election, despite the party's leader Simon Bridges ruling it out.

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Seventeen countries have now run special flights to evacuate foreign nationals from Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the Novel Coronavirus outbreak.

Air New Zealand too has a rescue mission underway… Read more Audio

Chinese authorities has granted an Air New Zealand plane permission to land in Wuhan to evacuate the Kiwis who've spent close to two weeks under lockdown because of the Novel Coronavirus outbreak.

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