Morning Report

GPs up and down the country have been left frustrated by the amount of vaccine misinformation spread by individuals and groups - often online. 

What about when doctors are the ones spreading false… Read more Audio

Crucial upgrade or expensive lemon? That's the debate over a shiny new road upgrade now under way for central Tauranga.

Cameron Road will add space for buses and bikes but won't reduce the number of… Read more Audio

Mercury Energy is investigating the cause of a fire at one of its wind turbines on the Tararua Range near Palmerston North.

The fire, which set plumes of smoke into the sky near Aokautere, was left… Read more Audio

The chief property economist at CoreLogic believes a rise to the official cash rate will lead to a cooling of the housing market.

Many retail banks lifted their floating mortgage rates after the… Read more Audio

The head of the Te Whānau O Waipareira in West Auckland says the just-announced Super Saturday event is likely to fail to mop up stragglers on the vaccination front.

The Government yesterday… Read more Audio

Auckland's winding road to an eventual relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions, and a reopening, is worrying some parents.

Schools are tentatively able to open their doors on 18 October, but that comes… Read more Audio

The country's latest victim of Covid-19 was a father to seven children.

The 50 year-old man died in Middlemore Hospital yesterday, after 40 days in intensive care.

He was a deacon at the Assemblies… Read more Audio

A spokesperson for the Waikato Mongrel Mob isn’t happy with the way gangs are being portrayed as Covid-19 spreads through the community.

Yesterday, the Covid-19 Response Minister, Chris Hipkins, said… Read more Audio

A Dilworth old boy says financial compensation can only mark the start of efforts to address 50 years of abuse at the school.

A former chaplain and teacher, Ross Browne, has pleaded guilty to 15… Read more Audio

A leading epidemiologist says everyone in New Zealand should plan to encounter Covid-19 before Christmas, and they'd better be prepared.

The recommended gap between Pfizer jabs has been cut in half… Read more Audio

A teacher backlash is building over government plans to reopen Auckland's classrooms after the school holidays.

Union leaders have told RNZ their Auckland members are astonished they could be back in… Read more Audio