Morning Report

The police have heeded the advice of the Deerstalkers Association and banned the news media from attending gun buy-back events.

An open day for media will go ahead on Thursday but police won't be… Read more Audio

That was some current and former politicians using a cornerstone of New Zealand vernacular, 'eh', in Parliament.

We're frequent users of 'eh', and new research has found it's used more by men than… Read more Audio

Young women in Northland are being encouraged to get into forestry.

The government, through the Provincial Growth Fund, is supporting a five-month pilot programme aimed at training rangatahi who are… Read more Audio

Forest and Bird is calling on the government and councils to increase their 1080 predator control, saying rats are running riot through the nation's forest and tussock land.

The environmental group… Read more Audio

High numbers of pregnant women and children are fleeing the wartorn city of Idlib in Northern Syria, where violence has surged in the past two months.

There have been reports of women being forced to… Read more Audio

More than 1000 ambulance officers have secured pay increases and shift allowances from their employer St John. The FIRST Union members reached an agreement yesterday after campaigning for nearly a… Read more Audio

The ANZ has told the Reserve Bank its proposal to make banks hold more capital will discourage productive investment and hurt economic growth.

And all four of the big banks say it would lead to… Read more Audio

A New Zealand mother who was forced into hiding to escape her abusive Australian partner is now back in this country with her child after a rare win in the Australian courts.

The mother had fled… Read more Audio

Deficits, decaying hospital buildings and inadequate disaster preparedness are some of the problems identified in the latest Controller and Auditor General's report into District Health Boards.

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