Morning Report

A new resource consent has been granted for the Shelly Bay development in Wellington.

The original consent was quashed in December 2018 after a business group, Enterprise Miramar, appealed against… Read more Audio

Just under four months after their agonising Cricket World Cup loss to England, the Black Caps finally get the chance for at a smidgen of revenge.

The two sides play the first of four T20 matches at… Read more Audio

A brief update on the movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

The Justice Minister is questioning the ability of a key industry watchdog to regulate election year advertising, due to an adverse decision against him last month.

Andrew Little was talking about… Read more Audio

England has names an unchanged line-up from the side that steam rolled the All Blacks for the Rugby World Cup decider on Saturday against South Africa.

The Springboks have just one change - the… Read more Audio

The Mayor of Southland and former police officer Gary Tong says the rural town of Otautau is reeling from Wednesday night's death of an 8-year-old boy.

A boy appeared in the Youth Court on Thursday… Read more Audio

A major part of a plan to restore Christchurch's red zone that has taken two years and $5 million to draw up is now being blasted as unachievable, unviable and undesirable.

The document has been… Read more Audio

An immunisation expert is terrified the three measles-related deaths in Samoa signal the inevitable beginning of an epidemic in the Pacific Island nation.

There are now 314 suspected cases in Samoa… Read more Audio

If the Black Caps are looking to move on the from their Cricket World Cup loss, they may struggle as England are more than willing to talk about it. Read more Audio

Seventy-five years ago today, 703 Polish children traded in Persia for Pahiatua as the first refugees to New Zealand.

The mostly orphaned children arrived by boat from what's now Iran to their new… Read more Audio

While the majority of those in New Zealand on Friday evening will be donning all black, there's sure to be a small number of those dressed in red.

History is against the Dragons as Wales has only… Read more Audio

Hundreds of New Zealanders whose properties surround Defence Force bases in Ohakea, Woodbourne, Whenuapai, and Devonport will be keeping a close eye on legal action in Australia.

Across the Tasman up… Read more Audio