Morning Report

Down on Campbell Island with the albatross and the penguins, there's a ham, a Christmas cake and a team ready to celebrate with a Secret Santa.

Theo Thomspon is the team lead this summer.

He told me… Read more Audio

RNZ Swedish correspondent Dr Anita Purcell-Sjolund tells us about a time-honoured Christmas tradition involving a giant straw goat. Purcell-Sjolund spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio

It's time to cross to some more of our international correspondents to get a taste of what's happening for Christmas on their patch.

Canadian CBC journalist Samuel Wat spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Read more Audio

Down in the southern hemisphere, we've accepted the wintry Christmas songs that don't make sense.

But when it comes to the Christmas table spread, our seasons have had some input.

While we've kept… Read more Audio

Nearly 60 native birds, including some critically threatened species, have been shot and killed across the country over the past three years.

And the Department of Conservation fears the true number… Read more Audio

It's nearly Christmas, even in Antarctica! Jenn Davis is "camp mum" to researchers and engineers currently working at Kamb Ice Stream, more than a thousand kilometres from Scott Base.

They're there… Read more Audio

For the last Christmas messages from our political party leaders, we hear from ACT leader David Seymour, followed by Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. Read more Audio

Don't be a grinch on the road this summer. That's the word from the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi who are asking holiday travellers to take it easy behind the wheel. With the official holiday road… Read more Audio

A former Corrections officer says she was threatened with the sack when she spoke up about widespread corruption at Rimutaka Prison.

A three-year police investigation into the jail has this week led… Read more Audio

Hawkers peddling their wares on an Auckland road famous for its Christmas lights seemed undeterred by the council's threats to shut them down.

Residents of Franklin Road in Ponsonby have complained… Read more Audio