Morning Report

An Auckland man who had a seizure and blacked out while driving through the Waterview Tunnel is warning of the dangers of driving while switching brands of epilepsy medicine.

Paul Thompson narrowly… Read more Audio

The government has admitted there are questions about the enforcement of adventure tourism safety rules in the wake of the White Island/Whakaari eruption.

Workplace Relations Minister Iain… Read more Audio

The police admit they may never find the two bodies missing after the eruption on Whakaari/White Island.

Tour guide Hayden Marshall Inman and 17-year-old Australian tourist Winona Langford are… Read more Audio

A man has been shot after an incident at Flaxmere Primary School.

A crowd of anxious parents waited at a cordon during the police operation.

Hastings district councillor Henare O'Keefe's two… Read more Audio

Police say a man shot at Flaxmere Primary School was only metres away from children when he was shot.

They say the man, who is in a serious but stable condition in hospital on Wednesday morning, was… Read more Audio

The Silver Ferns coach Noeline Taurua is leaning towards staying in the job when he contract ends in January. Audio

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

Questions are being asked whether rules covering adventure tourism are fit for purpose in the wake of the deaths and injuries in the White Island/Whakaari eruption.

The regulations require commercial… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

The name of a teacher jailed for having sex with two students will remain secret for now.

The 37-year-old woman repeatedly drove two teenage boys to Marlborough parks at lunchtimes for sex.

She was… Read more Audio

Enrolment figures show just 29 percent of the tertiary students who benefited from the government's zero-fee scheme last year came from schools in the bottom five deciles.

The schools have 40 percent… Read more Audio