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8:11 AM.The Ministry of Education is so concerned with fail rates in proposed literacy and numeracy exams, they've asked the Qualifications Authority to allow students to use spell check during testing.

A… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.The number of people using car sharing services in Wellington has doubled in the past year to 33,000 and continues to accelerate. 

That's according to Wellington Council, which hopes these services… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.After days of gruelling talks which went into overtime, more than 100 countries have agreed on a treaty to protect the high seas.

The legally binding pact, 15 years in the making, is crucial to an… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.The National Party's Education spokesperson says children aren't being taught reading, writing and maths properly, which has led to high failure rates in new literacy and numeracy exams.

A pilot of… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.Reducing the cost of childcare is National's big pitch to voters so far this election year.

Chris Luxon used his State of the Nation speech yesterday to promise to help families earning up to… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Auckland's Beach Haven community is reeling after a man was killed during an altercation with two teenagers on Friday night.

Residents have said they felt traumatised by the attack, with one saying… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.More than a hundred people in Auckland's Beach Haven community gathered last night, to pay tribute to a local man who died after a fatal assault on Friday. 

He was 28-year-old North Shore local… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.A Wellington mother says childcare is too expensive and she's giving the thumbs up to the National Party's plan to make it more affordable for low and middle income families.

Families who qualify for… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.The burdensome cost of childcare is Christopher Luxon's big pitch to voters to kick off election year.

The National Party leader is promising to help families earning up to 180-thousand a year with a… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.If they can't pass just make the test easier. That was the Education Ministry response to high failure rates in new High School literacy and numeracy tests.

Documents obtained by RNZ show the… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.The Government passed legislation last year to introduce a new roadside drug testing regime by March.

But it's been announced an appropriate saliva testing device for random roadside testing couldn't… Read more Audio

6:38 AM.After two severe cyclones in two days parts of Vanuatu have been left in ruins.

Cyclone Judy hit first as a category four, then Kevin slammed in as a category three, intensifying to a category four… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Should vapes require a doctor's prescription?

That's the law in Australia, and there are growing calls from doctors, public health experts and educators for New Zealand to do likewise.

But across… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.Hundreds of Napier residents have signed an online petition calling for the Police Eagle helicopter to stay hovering above Hawke's Bay.

The helicopter was deployed in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle to… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Vets are feeling the pressure as a shortage of staff is causing trouble across the industry, and it is heavily impacting staff in the emergency and shelter sector.

RNZ went behind the scenes at… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.It's time for Morning Report's weekly political editors panel.

This week we have Stuff political editor Luke Malpass, joining RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson. Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Vanuatu's been dealt a cruel double-blow, with a second cyclone battering the nation just 24 hours after the first this week.

Cyclone Kevin - a category two system - brought further destruction… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Communities isolated by Cyclone Gabrielle are making the best of a bad situation.

Twenty-four areas across Hawkes Bay and Tai Rāwhiti are currently cut off by road, making it difficult for essential… Read more Audio