Morning Report

Roxburgh and Millers Flat residents will be casting a nervous eye skywards today with further rain and thunder forecast. The Central Otago towns were hit hard on Sunday when 40mm of rain fell in the… Read more Audio

A raft of Civil Defence emergency centres and fire stations in high-risk quake zones are substandard or can't prove they're up to scratch to withstand a big earthquake. These are meant to be among the… Read more Audio

New Zealanders stuck in Bali because of an erupting volcano could be left with large bills to cover last minute travel changes. Flights have been cancelled and the main airport on the Indonesian… Read more Audio

Prince Harry has announced he and US actor Meghan Markle are engaged to be married. Prince Harry is the fifth in line to throne. Editor of The Crown Chronicles Victoria Howard says her site crashed… Read more Audio

A US quake engineer says New Zealand needs simple rules, strongly enforced, to rein in high levels of non-compliance. The construction industry has admitted that seismic restraints on the likes of… Read more Audio

The people of Roxburgh in Central Otago are hoping rains forecast for this afternoon don't eventuate after the town was inundated on Sunday night. The flash flooding damaged a major water pipe and… Read more Audio

Prince Harry has become engaged to US actor Meghan Markle. An official statement says the 33-year-old prince who is fifth-in-line to the throne and the 36-year-old Markle, best known for her role in… Read more Audio