Morning Report for Friday 27 April 2018
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Top Stories for Friday 27 April 2018
6:00 AM.Bill Cosby found guilty on three charges of sexual assault, NZ warned of fuel, energy price rises in low carbon move, Transport project 'too little, too late' - south Aucklanders Audio
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Fuel, energy prices to rise in shift to low carbon economy
6:09 AM.Households are being warned to expect big jumps in petrol and electricity prices to persuade them to shift to low carbon options. In a draft discussion document, the Productivity Commission estimates… Read more Audio
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Northland 'gutted' to lose transport funding to Auckland
6:13 AM.Northland people are gutted the government has announced a $28 billion spend on transport in Auckland just a week after dumping plans for a major roading upgrade in their region. The previous… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 27 April 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 27 April 2018
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Govt stole vision for Auckland, National says
6:35 AM.The National Party says the government has simply adopted its vision for transport in Auckland. The 28 billion dollar Auckland Transport Alignment Project will fund roads, rail, buslanes and cycleways… Read more Audio
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Tamihere case secret witness revealed
6:42 AM.The use of secret prison witnesses is under scrutiny after the identity of a jailhouse informant who gave evidence at David Tamihere's 1990 murder trial was revealed. Double murderer Roberto Conchie… Read more Audio
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NZ artist Luke Willis Thompson nominated for Turner Prize
6:46 AM.A New Zealand artist is in the running for one of the British art world's top awards, the Turner Prize. Luke Willis Thompson has been nominated for a film featuring Diamond Reynolds, an American woman… Read more Audio
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Business News for 27 April 2018
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Bill Cosby found guilty on three charges of sexual assault
7:09 AM.The comedian Bill Cosby has been found guilty on three charges of sexual assault. He could be sentenced to 10 years in prison on each of the charges. The 80-year-old has been accused of drugging and… Read more Audio
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NZ warned of fuel, energy price rises in low carbon move
7:14 AM.Households are being warned to expect substantial jumps in fuel and energy prices from any shift to a low carbon economy. In a 508 page draft discussion document, the Productivity Commission estimates… Read more Audio
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Transport project 'too little, too late' - south Aucklanders
7:17 AM.It's been billed as New Zealand's largest ever civil construction project - but South Aucklanders say a government transport plan doesn't go far enough. Yesterday $28 billion was announced for roads… Read more Audio
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Witness C was 'recruited' - David Tamihere
7:18 AM.David Tamihere, convicted for the murders of Swedish tourists Heidi Paakkonen and Sven Hoglin is calling for a rethink on the use of "jailhouse snitches". Roberto Conchie Harris - a convicted double… Read more Audio
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No 'jailhouse snitches' review planned - Little
7:21 AM.Following the lifting of name suppression of 'Witness C' in the David Tamihere case, Mr Tamihere says there needs to be a review of the use of jailhouse snitches. But Justice Minister Andrew Little… Read more Audio
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Mental health and addiction inquiry begins
7:35 AM.A government inquiry has started asking New Zealanders for their thoughts on how to help the increasing number of people suffering mental health and addiction problems. Public consultation for the… Read more Audio
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Majority of prisoners use meth in lead up to jail - Insight
7:40 AM.The meth epidemic sweeping New Zealand it not only causing personal heartache, it costing the prison service millions.
Recent research done by the Department of Corrections suggests more than half of… Read more Audio
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Bill Cosby reacts angrily to guilty verdict
7:46 AM.The man once known as America's dad is now facing the prospect of 10 years in jail, after being convicted on three charges of sexual assault. Bill Cosby reacted angrily to the verdict, shouting a… Read more Audio
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Levy on petrol car imports considered by govt
7:52 AM.Consumers are set to pay more for petrol, energy and possibly even their cars, under new proposals being considered by the Government. Climate Change Minister James Shaw says he's looking at putting a… Read more Audio
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Italian documentary on Māori Batallion premieres in Wellington
7:56 AM.The strong bonds between the 28th Maori Battalion and the people of Italy have been celebrated in a documentary that had its New Zealand premiere last night. The film called Kia ora is an Italian… Read more Audio
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$28b for Auckland's transport future - analysis
8:16 AM.The government's $28 billion transport plan for Auckland is being described as transformational, lacking in ambition, and a copy of the previous government's plans. The ten-year Auckland Transport… Read more Audio
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Euthanasia bill 'dangerous' - palliative care doctors, nurses
8:26 AM.Doctors and nurses who care for the dying have criticised the euthanasia bill as dangerous and an "easy way out" for doctors who aren't equipped to deal with terminally-ill patients.
Five palliative… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 27 April 2018
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Tracey Martin learns from UK before Oranga Tamariki review
8:35 AM.Ahead of its review of Oranga Tamariki, Minister for Children Tracey Martin is in the UK, where she's investigating how they deal with vulnerable children there. Ms Martin speaks to Susie Ferguson… Read more Audio
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Shane Jones' bureacracy comments 'dangerous' - expert
8:48 AM.An academic is warning that giving politicians the power to hire and fire top civil servants at will - as proposed by Regional Development Minister Shane Jones - would be dangerous. Mr Jones is… Read more Audio
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Mt Eden church hall remains quake prone
8:53 AM.A derelict church hall in Mt Eden has had no strengthening done on it five weeks after engineers said it needed immediate work. The heritage-listed St James hall is in the middle of a bitter tug of… Read more Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:56 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
