Morning Report

There are concerns consumers are still being charged too much for card and paywave card payments, more than a year after a law was introduced to put an end to excessive fees. In November 2022, limits… Read more Audio

Fighting continues in Ukraine as the two-year anniversary of Russia's invasion draws closer.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Davos this week for the World Economic Forum, where he… Read more Audio

Now to the Middle East, where Iran has admitted carrying out a deadly strike in Pakistan.

Pakistan's foreign ministry said two children were killed and three others were injured in the missile and… Read more Audio

NCEA pass rates have slumped for the third consecutive year.

Provisional results released by NZQA yesterday show rates for Year 11 students doing NCEA Level 1 and Year 12 students working towards… Read more Audio

Black Caps opening batsman, Finn Allen, rewrote the history books as he blasted 137 runs from just 62 balls against Pakistan in the third cricket T20 in Dunedin yesterday.

Allen's innings included 16… Read more Audio

Councils in the Christchurch region are hoping to keep their light rail proposal alive, despite the axing of a similar project in Tamaki Makaurau-Auckland in recent days. 

Plans to introduce light… Read more Audio

A survey of Age Concern and councils suggests there could be hundreds of older New Zealanders living in severe domestic squalor throughout the country.

Retired public health medical specialsit… Read more Audio

Missiles and air strikes continue to fly in the Red Sea between Houthi rebels and the US-led coalition seeking to take them down.

The Houthis, a political and military movement that control much of… Read more Audio

National's caucus will spend the next two days focused on ensuring its large cohort of new MPs are prepared for the party's first full year back in Government.

National MPs have gathered in… Read more Audio

It seems there's no one more loyal than a Buffalo Bills fan.

Supporters of the NFL team based in Buffalo, New York, dug through snow to find their seats at a playoff game yesterday.

Officials… Read more Audio

The first Māori women's cricket squad is taking part in the the Pacific Cup tournament which begins today, in a bid to increase the participation of Māori and Pasifika in the sport.

This year's… Read more Audio

The government has announced EV and plug-in hybrid car owners will now pay road user charges starting on the first of April.

Transport minister Simeon Brown says it's a transition towards 'fairness… Read more Audio