Morning Report

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison says 10 patients injured in the Whakaari/White Island explosion will be transferred to New South Wales and Victoria, possibly from as soon as Thursday.

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The government has activated its 'Multiple Complex Burn Action Plan' for the first time in New Zealand history as hospitals deal with an unprecedented level of critical burns patients.

Nearly thirty… Read more Audio

Finance Minister Grant Robertson is promising a $12 billion boost to infrastructure over the next five years.

The announcement is part of a plan to counter slowing economic growth - with the latest… Read more Audio

Eight people are dead and another eight missing in the wake of an eruption of Whakaari/White Island.

White Island Tours had people on the island when it erupted.

Paul Quinn is the Chair of Ngati Awa… Read more Audio

Surgeons at Middlemore Hospital are working around the clock operating on survivors from the Whakaari White Island eruption.

Nearly thirty patients remain in hospital around the country this morning… Read more Audio

Two further people have died following the eruption on Whakaari/White Island, bringing the official toll to eight.

One was being treated at Middlemore Hospital and one at Waikato Hospital.

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Families of victims of the Whakaari/White Island are growing increasingly frustrated at delays in recovering their bodies.

But the Police Minister Stuart Nash is urging patience, and is warning one… Read more Audio

The Black Caps captain Kane Williamson says he will give pace spearhead Trent Boult every chance to prove his fitness before the first test against Australia begins this evening in Perth. Read more Audio

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

Police say Ngāti Awa will lead the recovery of bodies from Whakaari/ White Island once it is deemed safe to retrieve them.

When the bodies, or tupapaku, are recovered they will be placed on a navy… Read more Audio

Families of the victims of the Whakaari/White Island eruption are becoming frustrated at the delay retrieving the bodies.

RNZ reporter Jessie Chiang is in Whakatāne. Read more Audio

Families of victims of the Whakaari/White Island are growing increasingly frustrated at delays in recovering their bodies.

But the Police Minister Stuart Nash is urging patience, and is warning one… Read more Audio