Morning Report

Middlemore Hospital's latest cash injection won't fix all its rotting buildings and it pales into comparison with what other district health boards in Auckland have got. Yesterday the government… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Westland's mayor is confident an upgrade of Franz Josef's sewage ponds will be done in time to meet a deadline imposed by the Environment Court. The ponds are at the centre of a Serious Fraud Office… Read more Audio

A former coach says the Wellington Rugby Union has no respect for its women's rugby programme. Dave Jensen coached the top Wellington Women's rugby team, Pride, for three seasons up until last year… Read more Audio

A Dargaville mechanic who sent his cars to a now suspended garage for warrants of fitness inspections says people are justified in feeling anxious about whether their cars are truly safe. Dargaville… Read more Audio

American tennis star Venus Williams has settled a wrongful death suit related to a fatal traffic accident she was involved in near her Florida home in June 2017. Audio

A fatal car crash has sparked a slew of unanswered questions about the safety of warrants of fitness, Middlemore Hospital has been given 80 million dollars but it won't fix all its rotting buildings… Read more Audio

New research by the phone company 2degrees reveals that when it comes to a sense of community, we truly have entered a digital age. The main finding from a survey of 2,000 people is that the community… Read more Video, Audio

Auckland public health officials are on the attack over advertising junk food to children. Healthy Auckland Together has just laid a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority about an ad for… Read more Audio

Medical professionals are the ones who deal with the fallout and outcome of motorcycle crashes. Four people died at the weekend in crashes involving motorbikes which brought renewed attention to… Read more Audio

A former motorcycle instructor says people who are blaming the rider death toll on the combination of older riders and powerful modern bikes are mistaken. The death of four motorcylists at the weekend… Read more Audio