Morning Report

Thousands of teens failed the first round of NCEA literacy and numeracy co-requisite tests this year. Out of around 55,000 students more than 50 percent failed the maths test - half of those who… Read more Audio

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has touched down in Tonga for the Pacific Islands Forum and it's expected he'll be quizzed about New Zealand's approach to climate action. Labour Party leader Chris… Read more Audio

The Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus says his All Blacks counterpart Scott Robertson "might be the best coach in the world" and he's downplaying the hosts favouritism for this weekend's test at Ellis… Read more Audio

Emails show an Education Ministry staff member was worried that appointments to the teams writing the new English and maths curriculums would break the ministry's code of conduct. The English Teachers… Read more Audio

Attention is turning to just how a truck managed to crash through a wire median barrier on Auckland's Southern motorway, killing three, on Monday. Dr Douglas Wilson is the director of the… Read more Audio

The Government has announced new details for the second phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Covid-19 response. Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden says Phase 2 of the Inquiry… Read more Audio

A landmark report finds that obesity in New Zealand's Asian population has doubled over the past 20 years. RNZ Asia's Chen Liu reports. Audio

British rock band Oasis have confirmed they will reunite after 15 years, with brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher planning a series of live shows next year. In 1998, the brothers played one disastrous… Read more Audio

We're just 24 hours from the opening ceremony of the 17th Paralympic Games. Our flagbearers are Dunedin athlete Anna Grimaldi and Auckland swimmer Cameron Leslie. Grimaldi spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Many New Zealanders struggle every winter with the pain of big power bills. In some parts of the country, the pain is worse than in others. Northland reporter Peter de Graaf explains. Audio

It was standing room only at an emotional public meeting in Raetihi last night about the proposed loss of 230 jobs at two central North Island mills. RNZ reporter Alexa Cook was there. Audio

Tens of thousands of teenagers are failing new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests, many more than once. Here's education correspondent John Gerritsen. Audio