Morning Report

An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere. Audio

Market Update for 18 December 2025 Audio

For more than 40 years, Bernard Egan has been tasked with the job of being Santa's helper. Listening to Christmas wishes and taking notes from kids back to Santa. He spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Firefighters are questioning a police decision not to send a helicopter to rescue a teenage girl stranded on a Coromandel cliff. Police later apologised, saying they mistakenly believed she was dead… Read more Audio

A twenty-four-year-old suspect in the mass shooting at Bondi has been charged with 59 offences, including one terrorist act and 15 counts of murder. Charlotte Cook reports from Bondi. Audio

The police union says frontline officers are being verbally abused and spat at in the wake of the Jevon McSkimming scandal. Police Association president Steve Watt spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

England were left fuming after Australia's Alex Carey survived a caught-behind appeal on day one of the third Ashes test, with the review technology failing to pick up an apparent nick off the… Read more Audio

Business news for 18 December 2025 Audio

A number of Auckland duty lawyers plan to stop work for a week over poor pay and working conditions. Finn Blackwell has the story. Audio

The Ministry of Health isn't renewing its contract for the country's online FluTracking surveillance tool. Epidemiologist Michael Baker, from Otago University's Department of Public Health, thinks… Read more Audio

US police are asking the public to pay attention to the posture, body language, and walk, of a Brown University shooting suspect, captured on CCTV. Correspondent Mitch McCann spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

News from the rural farming sector. Audio