Morning Report

This week marks two years since the Port Hills fire, which destroyed nine homes, damaged five, and forced thousands to evacuate. A helicopter pilot, Steve Askin, died fighting the blaze that tore… Read more Audio

Guyon Espiner talks to Katie Scotcher outside Hope Community Church where a makeshift school has been set up. Audio

As the Nelson-Tasman fire enters its seventh day, a make-shift campsite for evacuated residents and animals is showing no signs of slowing down. More than two-dozen residents camping at the site in… Read more Audio

Firefighters think they may have turned a corner in the fight to control the Nelson fire. About 3,000 people are out of their homes but Fire Emergency New Zealand think it's unlikely there will be… Read more Audio

The Black Caps can rightfully feel pretty good about their T20 series victory over India. Audio

The Privacy Commissioner is looking into a database run by a landlords group that allows members to check whether prospective tenants have a history of criminal offending or running up debts. The… Read more Audio

New Zealand will soon join several other countries and ban smoking in cars carrying children. The ban will also include vaping and will take effect late next year, after an 18 month public education… Read more Audio

A Lower Hutt woman who needs surgery for a debilitating spinal injury can't get it - because she doesn't have a home to go to afterwards. Vanessa is a single mother who's been in emergency housing for… Read more Audio

Some senior doctors say it's becoming increasingly difficult for hospitals to cover urgent care during ongoing junior doctors' strikes. Junior doctors will begin their third 48-hour strike at public… Read more Audio

Investor confidence has fallen to a two year low in the latest quarterly survey from the ASB bank. Opposition leader Simon Bridges says there's no doubt there are storm clouds in the international… Read more Audio

Investor confidence has fallen to a two year low in the latest quarterly survey from the ASB bank. Confidence dropped 9 percentage points to net 10 percent in the three months to December. Chris… Read more Audio

Large-scale roading contractors are anticipating redundancies and skilled workers leaving New Zealand, as big-budget projects inherited from the previous government finish up. The National government… Read more Audio