Charlotte Cook

Dairies and retailers around the country are about to shut up shop, protesting against crime and violence affecting front line workers.

34-year-old Janak Patel was fatally stabbed outside an Auckland… Audio

The national median weekly rent was back at its all-time high of $580/week in October, according to TradeMe's listings.

The company's property sales director Gavin Lloyd spoke to Charlotte Cook about… Audio

An inequality researcher is pushing for free GP visits in a bid to reduce pressure on hospital staff who are currently overwhelmed by demand.

Max Rashbrooke wrote the report - commissioned by the… Audio

The Privacy Commissioner's Office is worried about the expanding use of Facial Recognition Technology in supermarkets.

Foodstuffs is using the technology in more than 30 stores across the North… Audio

The police are appealing for the public's help to identify the suspect who killed a 34-year-old dairy worker in Auckland. 

A robber entered the Rose Cottage Dairy in Sandringham just after eight… Audio

There's been a flurry of large earthquakes along the Pacific ring of fire in the last couple of days.

 Magnitude 7 yesterday in the Solomons, a 6.2 off Mexico this morning, and a deadly 5.6 in… Audio

The High Court has dismissed a case against the Climate Change Commission which argued their plan would prevent the country keeping warming to 1.5 degrees celsius or less.

The case, taken by hundreds… Audio

The College of Clinical Psychologists says the country needs another 1000 people filling the critical roles.

The health minister Andrew Little told Morning Report there was a specific shortage of… Audio

The High Court has ruled against a group of climate lawyers who were arguing the country's emissions reductions wouldn't meet our international promises to keep warming to 1.5 degrees celsius or less.

More than 50 kegs of beer were stolen from Wellington craft beer company Abandoned Brewery on Monday.

It's unlikely the now-unrefrigerated, unlabelled mystery beer will get the thieves much money… Audio

Right now your email inbox might be brimming with promises of cheap goods tomorrow, at unrivalled prices.

But Consumer NZ is warning shoppers not to be gullible and get lulled into thinking they're… Audio

A Russian-made rocket landed in Poland this morning, killing two.

Poland is now considering invoking Article Four of the North Atlantic Treaty, meaning NATO members would be consulting on a threat to… Audio

Western allies are investigating who fired a missile which killed two people when it landed in Poland this morning.

Poland's foreign ministry has just said it was a Russian-produced rocket.

Russia… Audio

A New Zealander fighting on the front line in Ukraine says he was brought to tears after his unit liberated three towns. 

Russia withdrew 30,000 troops from Kherson over the weekend, after nine… Audio

An investigation continues into what could be one of the year's more mysterious disappearances.

Four northern royal albatross eggs from a colony near Dunedin have gone missing without trace.

There… Audio

The Health Star Rating system on food packaging is going to more accurately reflect sugar and salt content.

The system - which is designed to give people nutritional information at a glance - is… Audio

The country's so-called Road to Zero strategy is yet to to bring down transport deaths.

Waka Kotahi is proposing slower state highway speed limits, saying it's the best short-term solution to fatal… Audio

The police watchdog has found significant failings in the way officers deal with and investigate fraud complaints - leaving the public with little confidence they'll be taken seriously.

The… Audio

Frustrations are flaring one week into this year's U.N. climate summit in Egypt, over a lack of progress on climate goals.

Past pledges that have not been honoured include making steep cuts to… Audio

Women's refuge says the number of family harm incidents is increasing every year - with police being called out to one every three minutes.

The Police's annual report showed more than 175,000 family… Audio