Morning Report

Former Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau says this week's earthquakes will have a far greater financial impact than past tropical cyclones. Kalsakau spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

The official death toll from the earthquake in Vanuatu remains at 14 but is expected to rise as rescue teams continue searching rubble in the capital Port Villa. Audio

Liam Lawson is closer to securing a fulltime drive with Red Bull after Mexican driver Sergio Perez confirmed he's leaving the Formula 1 team. Audio

With Christmas just around the corner, toy stores are at their busiest. With so many trends floating around on social media, it's interesting to see which toys are flying off the shelves this year… Read more Audio

A Health New Zealand incident report, obtained by RNZ under the Official Information Act, reveals patient care may have been impacted in some regions when the Crowdstrike outage hit in July. Reporter… Read more Audio

Police have backtracked on replacing their old road spikes - despite injuries and despite testing new ones that are safer. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

This Boxing Day will mark twenty years since a massive 9.0 earthquake in the Indian Ocean caused a tsunami which killed more than 220,000 people in Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Heather… Read more Audio

The Government is offering redress of $150,000 to survivors of torture at the Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital. Lead Coordination Minister Erica Stanford spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Search and rescue efforts continue after Tuesday's 7.3-magnitude earthquake in Vanuatu, followed by a 6.1 tremor on Wednesday, which killed at least 14 people and left hundreds injured. Vanuatu… Read more Audio

New Zealand emergency workers including 34 Urban Search and Rescue workers, have been delayed in reaching Vanuatu, after a fault on the Hercules they were on resulted in it being diverted to New… Read more Audio

Mexican driver Sergio Perez has confirmed he's leaving the Red Bull Formula 1 team. Audio

Business news for 19 December 2024. Audio