Ben Strang

Morning Report producer Ben Strang is at the Basin Reserve ahead of the Black Caps game against Australia this morning.

He spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

The U.S election isn't being held until the fifth of November, but all eyes are on Iowa as the race to be the Republican nominee begins.

Caucus votes - which are cast by registered Republican voters… Audio

New Zealand's pipefish stand out from all others across the globe in a newfound peculiar way.

The average-looking males are the ones to carry the babies of their technicoloured female partners.

But… Audio

The Tall Blacks begin their Basketball World Cup campaign early on Sunday morning, playing the mighty United States in Manila.

The US team is stacked with NBA stars, making them favourites to win the… Audio

The Detail weighs up the pros and cons of public private partnerships in big infrastructure projects. Audio

The Open Championship golf major begins today, marking sixty years since Sir Bob Charles lifted the famous Claret Jug.

Sir Bob won the 1963 Open in a 36-hole playoff, eventually beating American Phil… Audio

Black Caps batter Devon Conway was named man of the match in yesterday's Indian Premier League final.

Conway top scored with 47 runs from 25 balls for the Chennai Super Kings, helping them to a… Audio

Waka Kotahi hasn't been factoring climate change and resilience into many of its transport projects. A major report produced for the Transport Agency found a lack of future planning in its roading… Audio

More than 15 percent of Kāinga Ora's property portfolio is on land that is at risk of flooding in extreme weather events.

That includes more than 4000 homes in Auckland built on flood prone land… Audio

In the wake of an independent report which showed Auckland's council wasn't ready for the scale of the anniversary weekend flooding event, emails and other communication released to RNZ illustrate the… Audio

The New Zealand Breakers are into the play-offs of the Australian National Basketball League for the first time in five years.

After slipping to the bottom of the standings for the past couple of… Audio

Government agencies are admitting failure in their attempts to make roads safer, and now say their target to reduce deaths and serious injuries by 40 percent over a decade is unrealistic.

The road… Audio

Sydney might as well be Islamabad for the Black Caps tonight in the T20 World Cup semifinal, with the players expecting a rowdy reception from Pakistan fans.

All rounder Jimmy Neesham says the fans… Audio

A mother is furious the government has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars paying for her abusive former partner's vexatious legal claims.

She won a significant Hague Convention international… Audio

At least four people have been killed and more than 100 injured in one of the most powerful typhoons to strike Japan. Typhoon Nanmadol hit the southern island of Kyushu and then worked its way across… Audio

Queen Elizabeth made ten trips to New Zealand during her 70 years on the throne. Her first visit, in 1953, lasted well over a month, and her last, in 2002, was to celebrate her Golden Jubilee - 50… Audio

A group of 91 police staff are taking a personal grievance over the way they say they've were treated for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine.

The complaint isn't about the vaccine mandate - which… Audio