Morning Report

Animal welfare officers are investigating how nearly 200,000 chickens died early on Saturday morning at a chicken farm in Helensville.

The Ministry for Primary Industries says the deaths, which RNZ… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Some people in Dunedin are resorting to staying in violent relationships to keep a roof over their head.

Others are couch-surfing or living in overcrowded conditions as the city struggles with… Read more Audio

Samoa's government will shut down on Thursday and Friday this week so all public sector workers can help with the country's mass measles vaccination campaign.

The death toll of the measles epidemic… Read more Audio

New rules for the use of physical restraint in schools are on the way.

Changes make it clear that physical force can be used, as a last resort, to keep students safe from harm. The measures are part… Read more Audio

The latest round of global climate talks has opened in Spain with the head of the United Nations warning the world risks sleepwalking past a point of no return.

Political leaders, diplomats and… Read more Audio

The England cricket captain Joe Root has his fingers crossed that the rain forecast for Hamilton today stays away and that they can put the Black caps under some pressure on the final day of the… Read more Audio

Global tech companies and international officials are meeting in Wellington today to test how fast they can take down a livestream like the Christchurch mosque attack video.

After the March 15… Read more Audio

Students at an Auckland secondary school are rediscovering the joy of card games, lunch time sport and the simple art of conversation thanks to a total ban on phones during the school day.

Glendowie… Read more Audio

A new report has found if Wellington doesn't improve the region's infrastructure, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake could cost New Zealand more than $16 billion in lost economic activity and cause years of… Read more Audio

Tens of thousands of gun owners' private information was briefly made available to 66 gun dealers.

Police Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement speaks to Philippa Tolley. Read more Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she backs her minister Stuart Nash, despite opposition MPs calling for him to resign over a data breach involving the gun buyback.

Ms Ardern told Morning Report the… Read more Audio