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Sewage overflows impacting Auckland beaches
It's only the first day of summer - but already a code brown is casting an unwanted shadow over Auckland's beaches. Sewage overflows from the weekend's thunderstorms have impacted water quality at… Audio
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Food poisoning warning after school provided contaminated lunches
A Christchurch school says it has been provided with what it believes are contaminated school lunches in a significant health and safety breach. In a social media post Haeata Community Campus said it… Audio
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Seymour, Bennett defend $357k exit payment to former Pharmac head
A $357,000 payout to the former chief executive of Pharmac was "well beyond the norm in the public sector", says Labour.
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Puberty blocker regulation 'based on politics', legal injunction filed
PATHA is asking for an urgent judicial review on the grounds that the incoming regulation is "illegal and unethical".
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Living in a Welly Wonderland
Wellington Brass music director Dave Bremner talks to RNZ Concert ahead of the band's Christmas concert with Wellington's Signature Choir. Audio
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Report highlights poverty faced by Fiji children
A report from UNICEF and Fiji's Children's Ministry says nearly 30 percent of children in the country are living in multidimensional poverty.
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Expert Feature: We put the spotlight on wool
It's time for our Monday expert feature, where we choose a topic and invite an expert in to give us the ins and outs. Today we're focusing on wool. Wool has played a keen role in New Zealand's economy… Audio
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Man taken to hospital with broken ribs leaves paralysed after mistake
He was admitted with fractured ribs and bruised lungs, and was left paraplegic after a chest drain was inserted incorrectly.
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Diver died of heart attack while on wait list for specialist
Gideon Marama Te Ahuru died during a Waitangi Day diving trip.
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Midday Report Essentials for 1 December 2025
Youth homelessness is increasing in New Zealand, particularly in Auckland, according to a new report from Youth Development organisation Kick Back; A freshwater ecologist is warning that every year… Audio
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Warnings over deterioration of health of NZ waterways
A freshwater ecologist is warning that every year the health of New Zealand's water ways gets worse, and it's happening faster. Victoria University's senior researcher and lecturer in freshwater… Audio
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The doctor owed $1.27m in annual leave
And many more are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars for leave they have been unable to take.
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How a World Bank funding condition in 1995 helped break PNG's roads system
Analysis - As Papua New Guinea's population has grown and climate pressures intensified, the nation's infrastructure has struggled to keep pace, writes Scott Waide.
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Morning Report Essentials for Monday 1 December 2025
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon spoke to Morning Report; Doctors will be able to apply for loans of up to half a million dollars to buy into or start a practice under a proposed policy from Labour… Audio
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GPs advocate for doctor-owned practices, welcoming Labour proposal
GPs say Labour's proposal is one way to recognise the importance of doctor owned practices as corporate ownership is on the rise. Audio
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Number of locally-acquired HIV diagnoses continues to fall - report
The number of new HIV diagnoses has fallen from 85 in 2010 to 60 in 2024.
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Govt launches “transitional access” policy for cancer drugs
From today, a group of patients with breast and lung cancer will be the first to be able to receive taxpayer-funded medicine in private clinics. Pharmac's manager in charge of pharmaceutical funding… Audio
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New Labour policy will loan money to GPs to start practice
Doctors will be able to apply for loans of up to half a million dollars to buy into or start a practice under a proposed policy from Labour. Labour's health spokesperson Ayesha Verall spoke to Ingrid… Audio
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'We've got a shot': Labour readies for political revival
Analysis - It's a year to go to the election, but the sight of the Labour leader walking out hand in hand with his fiancé had the look of a campaign under way, writes Anneke Smith. Audio
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'We are active members of society': Living with HIV in 2025
An HIV diagnosis used to be a death sentence, but that hasn't been the case in years - so why hasn't the stigma changed with the science?
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Terminally ill man fires lawyer, cuts siblings from will, signs estate over to ex-wife
Johan de Rooy's family was suspicious and discovered his ex-wife was behind the change.
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Vaping rates drop for Year 10 students
A survey of more than 30,000 year-10 students has found vaping rates have dropped from a peak in 2022. Emeritus Professor Robert Beaglehole spoke to ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
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GPs react to Labour’s loan scheme announcement
Labour says it will invest up to $25 million worth of low-interest loans to grow the number of locally owned GP clinics. The president of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, Dr… Audio
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Living with HIV in 2025
An HIV diagnosis used to be a death sentence, but that hasn't been the case in years - so why hasn't the stigma changed with the science? Audio
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One new measles case in Wellington
New locations of interest have been identified, including two Wellington supermarkets.
