Morning Report

World Vision says restrictions under the refugee quota on people from the Middle East and Africa are discriminatory and should be dropped.

Under the quota, which is up for review, refugees from those… Read more Audio

White Island - Whakaari - was shaken by a swarm of increasingly strong earthquakes at the weekend.

About 200 quakes have rocked the Bay of Plenty island since Thursday - some close to magnitude 4.

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Nearly 8,000 dairy farms are yet to re-register to a national tracking system, with just days to go until moving day when sharemilkers move their cows to new farms around the country. It's an anxious… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

New Zealand mountaineer Lydia Bradley, who was climbing Mount Everest on the busiest day of the season this year, has described the situation as horrific.

A British man - 56-year-old Robin Fisher-… Read more Audio

Refugee advocates say the government should drop restrictions in the refugee quota for refugees from the Middle East and Africa.

Under the quota, which is currently up for a three-yearly review… Read more Audio

An advocate for a patient group says Pharmac is playing a money game while patients are dying and she's now looking to take the agency to the Human Rights Commission. Fiona Tolich is an advocate for… Read more Audio

Thousands of children across the country are being forced to suffer for months on end with severe toothache because of a huge waiting list for treatment.

As we have been reporting a Whāngarei toddler… Read more Audio

A short time ago New Zealand Indycar driver Scott Dixon finished 17th in the Indy500 race. Audio

Big city folk struggling to find avocado in the shops, or those who have been left reeling at the prices being charged for them - up to $11 each - might want to consider a trip to New Plymouth.

An… Read more Audio

Volunteers picking up the deluge of rubbish swept down the Fox river are predicting it'll take years to clean up the mess. It has been two months since a major flood in South Westland emptied about… Read more Audio

Eight people have so far put their hand up to succeed the outgoing British Prime Minister, Theresa May, when she leaves the post on June 7.

Mrs May announced her resignation on Friday, after failing… Read more Audio