Morning Report

The Tūpuna Maunga Authority is rejecting claims Ōwairaka-Mt Albert in Auckland will be clear-felled.

Protesters are attempting to stop the felling of nearly 350 exotic trees on Ōwairaka will continue… Read more Audio

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Jurors will continue to hear this morning from a witness who says she was terrified during a date with the man accused of murdering… Read more Audio

One person has been shot and another set on fire in Hong Kong as a 24th week of protests against the city's Government takes a violent turn.

In the first incident a protestor was shot in the stomach… Read more Audio

Over the past year, an average of more than six people a month have attempted suicide while in police custody.

That's an increase of nearly 285 percent on four years ago.

The police say the increase… Read more Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is defending her proposed Firearms Prohibition Orders, after they received a mixed reaction inside parliament.

The Government is seeking feedback on the new orders… Read more Audio

The Government's proposal to give police the power to keep those they deem high-risk away from firearms is being met with both approval and alarm bells.

A discussion document about Firearm… Read more Audio

Bullying of highly trained nurses has been going on for years at one of the country's busiest neonatal intensive care units for premature babies.

Staff have called into question the safety of care in… Read more Audio

Three regions in New South Wales are expecting unprecedented catastrophic fire conditions today - the most serious fire rating possible.

The state's police minister David Elliott says it could be the… Read more Audio

Rally Australia has revealed a heavily revised schedule as a proposal to keep this week's World Rally Championship finale running. Read more Audio

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

National's police spokesperson Brett Hudson says the Government shouldn't wait for public feedback on Firearms Prohibition Orders.

He says a previously rejected Member's Bill from 2018 is ready and… Read more Audio

The Green Party says Māori and Pasifika communities would bear the brunt of a Government proposal to give police the power to keep those they deem high-risk away from firearms.

The Government has… Read more Audio