Morning Report

Elderly people living in rentals are skimping on food and doctors' visits to pay for skyrocketing accommodation costs. A Victoria University study published this week has found poorer health in… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

The vaping industry says electronic cigarettes should not be included in a looming ban on smoking in cars carrying children. The ban is likely to come into force by the end of next year. According to… Read more Audio

The Crown is calling its first witnesses in its case against Malcolm Rewa - accused for the third time of murdering Susan Burdett. The 65-year-old has been convicted of raping Ms Burdett in her South… Read more Audio

Wakefield residents have spent a night back in their own beds after being allowed to return home yesterday afternoon. But they have been warned to remain ready to evacuate - for days, if not weeks… Read more Audio

Labour has leapfrogged the National Party in the latest political poll. For the first time in more than a decade The Newshub Reid Research poll last night had Labour ahead on 47.5 percent. National… Read more Audio

The New Zealand men's cricket coach Gary Stead has given no indication if he's likely to play a World Cup type lineup in the three one-dayers against Bangladesh. Audio

Isaac Giesen is attempting to become the first New Zealander to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. He left the Canary Islands two months ago, and he's roughly ten days away from reaching Antigua. Mr… Read more Audio

A woman charged with the cultivation of 58 marijuana plants was discharged without conviction on Monday after a judge ruled a conviction could stop her becoming a supplier of medicinal cannabis… Read more Audio

A mother who gives her son medicinal cannabis for his violent seizures is terrified he'll be without medicine because of police operations against illegal growers. Medical cannabis campaigners say… Read more Audio

Senior doctors at Palmerston North Hospital say they are tired and frustrated by the strikes and have warned acute services might not be able to be fully covered this week and patients are being put… Read more Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern discusses Inland Revenue's political question in its recent survey, and New Zealand's relationship with China. In relation to the Air New Zealand plane that was turned… Read more Audio