Morning Report

A new report shows more children than ever are being harmed in Oranga Tamariki care.

The agency's latest Safety in Care report shows more than 500 children were harmed in the year ending June 2023… Read more Audio

The creator of a Wellington sharing store says she is closing its doors after staff have been threatened and abused.

Free For All's Dee Glentworth says police have been called six times since the… Read more Audio

Fresh from her meeting with Local Government Minister Simeon Brown, Wellington City Mayor Tory Whanau says she is eager to work with central government and others to fix the local water woes.

This… Read more Audio

More countries have halted funding to the largest UN agency operating in Gaza, as the crisis deepens over the alleged role of some staff in the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel.

According to a… Read more Audio

What happens when the biggest sports event in the United States meets the biggest name in entertainment?

We'll find out in two weeks when American Football's Superbowl is played in Las Vegas.

There… Read more Audio

The courts may not be exempt from the Finance Minister's search for spending cuts.

The Minister has asked all government agencies to identify potential annual savings of either 6.5 or 7.5 percent.

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A "celebration ceremony" will be held in Vancouver to remember the life of New Zealander Lewis Ainsworth, who died following a helicopter crash in a remote part of Canada last week.

Ainsworth was the… Read more Audio

Upper Hutt's Mayor says it would be a mistake to think central government will be handing out blank cheques to fix the capital's water problems.

Wayne Guppy and his Wellington City counterpart, Tory… Read more Audio

Wellington Water is asking Wellington City Council for $2.5 billion over the next ten years to achieve the best outcomes for water infrastructure in the city.

Chief executive Tonia Haskell says it's… Read more Audio

Waitangi Tribunal members and claimants are meeting on Tuesday in Waitangi to consider the design of a constitution inquiry.

The inquiry will reportedly seek to establish what a contemporary… Read more Audio