Morning Report

A piece of art thought to be gone forever - a victim of Cyclone Gabrielle - has been reunited with its owner almost a year after floodwaters ripped it from its home.

A fencer working at a Hastings… Read more Audio

A retired public health medicine specialist says there could be hundreds of people living in severe squalor across the country. A new study lead by Jonathan Jarman shows 92 percent of all Age Concerns… Read more Audio

A woman is furious that her husband was unknowingly seen by a physician assistant rather than a doctor, delaying the diagnoses of a serious health condition.

Overseas-trained "physician assistants"… Read more Audio

National Party MPs are preparing for their first caucus meeting of the year in Christchurch today where the focus will be its large intake of first time MPs.

It has 19 first time Members of… Read more Audio

MetService has issued a heat alert for Auckland, triggered by sweltering overnight temperatures.

Further south, heavy rain is expected on the South Island's West Coast, with severe gales forecast for… Read more Audio

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