Morning Report

Don't tell Jack Fagan the festive season is a time to relax.

The Te Kuiti shearer has broken a world record for strong-wool lamb shearing - completing a total of 754 lambs in eight hours at Pukeiti… Read more Audio

The official Christmas - New Year holiday period begins at 4pm today and police are pleading with drivers to halt the grim trend of 2022 and drive carefully.

With the official road toll standing at… Read more Audio

Now to some highly anticipated news: the Christmas day weather forecast.

NIWA says it'll be a lolly scramble of sunshine, thunderstorms, and everything inbetween.

NIWA meteorologist Chris Brandolino… Read more Audio

Despite being booted out of office almost two years ago, former US president Donald Trump is still dominating US politics.

The committee investigating the January 6 insurrection of the US Capitol… Read more Audio

Some schools face falling enrolments as the number of school-aged children drops over the coming decade.

The latest Education Ministry forecast shows the number of school children dipped this year… Read more Audio

Government agencies are admitting failure in their attempts to make roads safer.

The road toll has soared this year and targets set under the nationwide Road to Zero plan - which is supposed to see… Read more Audio

Tensions are running high in Fiji as the ruling party, FijiFirst, maintains it's refusal to concede.

Military forces have been deployed with the Police Commissioner citing threats against minority… Read more Audio

The top representatives of the UK have undergone some monumental changes this year.

There was the death of the country's longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth the Second, after reigning for 70… Read more Audio

The phrase it's been a "big political year" is thrown around practically every year. But in the UK, it really has been a political maelstrom, with three prime ministers in the space of two months -… Read more Audio