Morning Report

National says the Government needs to come clean on how much involvement it had in a government department asking New Zealander's about their political persuasions in a survey. Inland Revenue has… Read more Audio

There's been some light rain in Nelson overnight but so far not on the Tasman fire that has now been burning eight days. About 2,500 residents of Wakefield in Tasman were able to return to their homes… Read more Audio

Life can start returning to normal for the two-and-a-half thousand residents of Wakefield after their town was declared safe for now from nearby forest fires. They were forced to leave on Friday after… Read more Audio

Junior doctors are on strike again this morning for two days as tension mounts in public hospitals from strikes. The strike from 8am Tuesday until early Thursday is the third such strike by the… Read more Audio

Craig Foster, a former Australian national football captain and TV host who spearheaded the campaign to free Hakeem al-Araibi, an Australian footballer and refugee, has slammed FIFA, high profile… Read more Audio

Contact Energy says going carbon free will be a long and tough journey. Briscoe Group defies soft retail trend. Local ethical investment firm Pathfinder being taken over by British firm. Global… Read more Audio

A mother who gives her son cannabis for his violent seizures is terrified he'll be without medicine after what growers call a massive aerial cull by police. Medical cannabis campaigners say upwards of… Read more Audio

A mother whose teenager has painful benign bone tumours in two parts of her body is desperately hoping district health boards and junior doctors will settle their dispute soon. Junior doctors are… Read more Audio

A Wakefield resident who was evacuated from her property for four days, says she wasn't sure if she'd ever make it home. Thousands of people in the area were given the all clear to return to their… Read more Audio

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Northland's Transport Committee chair John Bain says he's not going to step down just to keep Shane Jones happy. The New Zealand First minister says Mr Bain keeps pushing for a four-lane highway to be… Read more Audio