Morning Report

New data has dispelled the myth the rise in the number of foreign tourists driving here means they are causing more accidents. A comparison of crash data and visitor numbers suggests foreign drivers… Read more Audio

Wellington is now the country's most expensive city to rent a home. Trade Me's latest figures put median weekly rent in the capital city at an all-time-high of $565 a week. That's compared to $550 a… Read more Audio

The most anticipated tour of New Zealand's cricket season gets underway in Napier today when the Black Caps host India in the first of 5 one-day internationals. The star-studded Indian side arrive… Read more Audio

The government is under pressure to make a significant dent in the housing shortage this year. This week a report found New Zealand is one of the most unaffordable countries in the world to buy a… Read more Audio

Battle lines are being drawn on the matter of drug reform, as the National Party appoints its second most senior politician as spokeperson on the matter. A minor re-shuffle has seen National's deputy… Read more Audio

A sailor who hadn't slept for three days clung to his upturned boat for hours early yesterday morning before being rescued. It was the man's first voyage on the boat, a trimaran, which he had bought… Read more Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has told the World Economic Forum that politicians who refuse to take action on climate change will find themselves on the wrong side of history. She appeared on a panel… Read more Audio

An independent panel wants the Government to wind back changes to the Family Court made by the previous government in 2014. Those changes aimed to encourage parents to resolve access and care disputes… Read more Audio

The former National MP, Jami Lee Ross, has apologised to everybody he hurt last year and is vowing to be the best MP for Botany he can be when he returns to Parliament next month. The MP, who has been… Read more Audio

The five tourists hit by a falling tree in Queenstown yesterday are all still in hospital this morning. The tree fell on top of the group as they were sitting on the riverbank by the Shotover Jet base… Read more Audio

One person is dead and five people were injured when a man went on a stabbing rampage in Whanganui yesterday. Emergency services rushed to the carpark of the New World supermarket on Wicksteed Street… Read more Audio