Morning Report

The New Zealand sharemarket had its biggest one day fall in 10 months yesterday as it got caught up in the turmoil caused by the escalating US-China trade war.

Overseas markets clawed back some of… Read more Audio

The country's top Maori police officer Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha went to Ihumātao on Tuesday in an attempt to reduce tensions between protestors and police.

After a pōwhiri at the site of the… Read more Audio

The Minister of Immigration originally wanted to extend permanent residency to a greater number of family members after the mosque shootings, but could not get the change past cabinet. The details are… Read more Audio

The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says he hasn't hijacked the Justice Minister's abortion reforms by waiting until the eleventh hour to propose a binding referendum.

This isn't the first… Read more Audio

Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway wanted to extend permanent residency to a greater number of Muslim family members after the mosque shootings, but could not get the plan through Cabinet.

The… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Hundreds of thousands of dollars set aside by the government to support Vietnam veterans and their families is going unspent.

The government has budgeted $1.1 million a year for the past three years… Read more Audio

The government is being warned that record low unemployment and rising wages are giving the wrong impression, and things are actually much less rosy.

Economists say the numbers out on Tuesday give a… Read more Audio