Morning Report

A single mother who works full-time yet struggles to provide the basics for her children says she'd like to see more funding in this week's Budget go towards helping struggling parents obtain better… Read more Audio

A Whāngarei toddler who was in daily pain from rotten teeth was sent home to wait it out for at least five months on children's paracetamol and antibiotics.

Ivy Dyas was born with a condition that… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O'Neill has announced that he is to resign after weeks of defections from his government. Mr O'Neill's been in power for almost eight years, but a flood of… Read more Audio

A new report warns the country is very vulnerable to overseas corruption and urgent work needs to be done to bring greater transparency to Parliament.

The New Zealand branch of Transparency… Read more Audio

A former foster child says a new transitional support service for young people leaving care has been a long time coming.

The government has pledge $150 million for helping young people stand on their… Read more Audio

The New Zealand paddler Lisa Carrington has won another two gold medals at the opening Canoe Sprint World Cup meeting in Poland. Audio

Top stories this morning... Children are being left in pain for months because of delays in getting to a dentist Fundamental changes are called for to put an end to child poverty The search for a… Read more Audio

It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

Rapper-singer-songwriter Kings made four trips to the podium at the Pacific Music Awards in Auckland on Thursday night as he took out best male artist and best song for the his track '6 figures'.

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It's a new way to pay and manage money - so-called 'open banking' - and slowly but surely it's coming to New Zealand. Yesterday, the company that runs the country's electronic pay systems, Payments… Read more Audio