Morning Report

Iwi leaders want to know how the new Māori-Crown Relations portfolio will secure them a greater say in government policy that affects their communities. More than 160 people are meeting in Waitangi… Read more Audio

Conservationists in the Far North are sounding the alarm over the disappearance of freshwater streams from 90-Mile Beach. They say there used to be dozens that ran from the dunes to the sea… Read more Audio

A 38 year old terminally ill cancer patient will spell out to the Health Minister today what's wrong with Cancer treatment in the public health system and what has to change. Blair Vining has stage… Read more Audio

A quarter of a million children failed to turn up to school regularly in 2018, with year 13 girls the worst offenders. The Education Ministry's annual attendance survey says children who missed more… Read more Audio

Indian students who were deported from New Zealand say their lives are ruined, and Labour MPs who promised to help have abandoned them. Jacinda Ardern and Andrew Little publicly supported nine… Read more Audio

The Black Caps cricket coach Gary Stead concedes his side have been well out played by India in all facets of late, he believes the difference between the two sides isn't as stark as it seems. Audio

The role of New Zealand government officials in lobbying to have a NZ fishing vessel taken off an international black list is being questioned. The Amaltal Apollo, which is owned by a Talley's… Read more Audio

An advocate for the family of a one-month-old baby, who was found to have a broken arm at Middlemore Hospital, says the mother was closely monitored and made to believe her baby would be taken from… Read more Audio

A Melbourne woman on holiday on Waiheke Island is recovering after being punched in the face, strangled and thrown over a fence. 25 year old Raven Torea says she was approached from behind and… Read more Audio

The government will have to decide whether its new Fair Pay Agreement system should be compulsory or not. Fair Pay Agreements would set minimum standards to lift wages and conditions across an… Read more Audio

As the Housing Minister looks at ways to refine the troubled KiwiBuild scheme, the property sector is already getting in its wish list. After admitting the policy would miss its first year target… Read more Audio