Navigation for Morning Report
Morning Report for Wednesday 23 October 2013
-
Top Stories for Wednesday 23 October 2013
6:00 AM.Oil disaster model, Child Youth and Family review, Solid Energy, NSW fires, Ruataniwha dam, Raetihi water, Brendan Horan. Audio
-
No place for Assad in future Syria government - Hague
6:10 AM.The British foreign secretary, William Hague, says President Bashar al-Assad can play no role in a future Syrian government. Audio
-
Pacific News for 23 October 2013
6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
-
Morning Rural News for 23 October 2013
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
-
Te Manu Korihi News for 23 October 2013
6:27 AM.The largest Maori land administrator might end up footing the bill to shore up some whenua under threat from erosion; A Bill to put Tuhoe's Treaty settlement into law will have its first reading in… Read more Audio
-
Greenpeace says oil drilling risks huge catastrophe
6:35 AM.Greenpeace says computer modelling it commissioned shows that IF oil wells to be drilled next month off the Taranaki and Otago suffer a Gulf of Mexico-style blowout, the environmental damage would be… Read more Audio
-
Scientists says bushfires could be a sign of things to come
6:40 AM.Climate scientists say changed weather patterns mean we should expect to see more extreme bushfires like the ones burning out of control in New South Wales. Audio
-
Morning Business for 23 October 2013
6:46 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
-
Taranaki oil disaster could swamp estuaries, beaches
7:10 AM.A new simulation of a Gulf of Mexico-style oil well blowout off the Taranaki coast predicts crude oil would swamp sensitive estuaries and Auckland's western beaches. Audio
-
Child Youth and Family to review policies
7:15 AM.Child Youth and Family is promising to review its policies after two 15-year-old girls were left in police cells for four nights because there were no spare beds for them. Audio
-
Teenage girls detained in police cells
7:20 AM.The Associate Justice Minister Chester Borrows discusses the Child Youth and Family review. Audio
-
Solid Energy still not out of the woods
7:21 AM.A debt to a Japanese bank could spell the end of Solid Energy. Audio
-
NSW fire crews says fires could be 'about as bad as it gets'
7:24 AM.The New South Wales Fire Commissioner says forecast conditions for west of Sydney today will be as bad as it gets. Audio
-
Dam backers to lobby newly elected Hawke's Bay council
7:27 AM.The Hawkes Bay Regional Council meets today for the first time since the local body elections. Audio
-
Raetihi's tap water flows again
7:35 AM.The small central North Island town of Raetihi has its drinking water back, but some locals fear there could be more problems ahead if the council doesn't overhaul its water scheme. Audio
-
Brendan Horan says no deal has been made over his mum's will
7:42 AM.The independent MP Brendan Horan is rejecting reports that he has settled the family dispute that led to him being kicked out of New Zealand First. Audio
-
Sports News for 23 October 2013
7:45 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
-
High nitrate contamination in Ashburton water
7:50 AM.Intensive farming is being blamed for high nitrate levels in drinking water in the Canterbury region. Audio
-
Sir Edmund Hillary film has New Zealand premiere
7:56 AM.Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's epic conquering of Mt Everest has completed the ultimate cinemagraphic experience, with a red carpet premiere in Wellington. Audio
-
PEPANZ says a 'reality check' needed on oil disaster model
8:10 AM.The oil industry is criticising a Greenpeace commissioned report it says lacks any credibility. Audio
-
Hapu oppose Ruakaka raceclub expansion
8:15 AM.Maori living south of Whangarei harbour are fighting plans for a racecourse expansion at Ruakaka. Audio
-
Banks says he's filing for judicial review to speed up process
8:22 AM.The ACT Party leader, John Banks, says he's challenging the Auckland District Court ruling on his electoral return because he wants the matter dealt with swiftly. Audio
-
MPs defend right to keep travel perks with Speaker
8:24 AM.MPs have defended the move to let the Speaker keep control of their spending on travel rather than transfer it to an independent body. Audio
-
Business leaders welcome resumption of FTA talks
8:29 AM.Business leaders are warning that South Korea's powerful agricultural lobby will be the main impediment to settling a free trade deal quickly. Audio
-
Markets Update for 23 October 2013
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
-
Sports News for 23 October 2013
8:35 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
-
Topec sentenced in court today on health and safety charges
8:38 AM.The outdoors centre that led a deadly school trip to New Plymouth's Paritutu Rock last year is to be sentenced on health and safety charges today. Audio
-
Dunedin bio-tech company breaks into the US market
8:45 AM.Shares in the Dunedin medical research company Pacific Edge are reaching record highs. Audio
-
Te Manu Korihi News for 23 October 2013
8:48 AM.A Bill to put Tuhoe's Treaty settlement into law is due to have its first reading in Parliament this morning; The largest Maori land administrator might end up footing the bill to shore up some whenua… Read more Audio
-
Christchurch group harvests red zone letterboxes
8:50 AM.A Christchurch community group is collecting letterboxes from red-zoned properties and wants to turn them into large sculptures that comemmorate the quake-ravaged communities they come from. Audio
-
Rare oarfish wash up in California
8:56 AM.They're creatures of the deep, look like giant snakes, and are associated with earthquakes in Japanese legend. Audio