Morning Report

A book telling the stories of 200 beneficiaries have been hand delivered to Parliament by a group of artists demanding a more compassionate welfare system. The book, called We Are Beneficiaries was… Read more Audio

A update from the team at RNZ sport. Audio

Christmas carnage as a motorist deliberately mows down shoppers on Melbourne's busiest street, New Zealand has gone against the US in a UN vote over Israel's capital, and Auckland health authorities… Read more Audio

'Jacindamania' is picked by Public Address readers as the 2017 Word of the Year. Last year readers of the blog, Public Address, picked an international array of words in the annual Word of the Year… Read more Audio

Taranaki is enjoying a tourism boom after the travel bible Lonely Planet named it the second best region in the world to visit in 2017. But while visitor numbers are up and they're spending more, not… Read more Audio

The friend of a man electrocuted after cutting through a power cord at a campsite says a coroner's recommendations could save lives. Holiday parks across the country are working to install safety… Read more Audio

Six political leaders began the year full of optimism but by the end their hopes had been dashed. Four of them - Metiria Turei, Peter Dunne, Te Ururoa Flavell and Marama Fox - are no longer MPs, let… Read more Audio