Morning Report for Thursday 13 June 2019

6:00 AM.Speed cameras only for most dangerous roads - Genter, Canterbury health officer urges research on nitrates in water, Shane Jones to include Pacific workers for tree planting, Two killed in fiery… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.A David Warner century has powered Australia to a 41 run win over Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup this morning. Audio

6:09 AM.Forest and Bird says polluting nitrates are on the increase in Canterbury's drinking water and the risk maps the regional council relies on are out of date.

Using the council's own data, the… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.A massive 12-day search and rescue operation ended in the Tararua ranges on Wednesday with the discovery of a tramper's body.

Forty-nine-year-old Darren Myers had been reported missing by his family… Read more Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:40 AM.Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter says the government has no intention of following Sweden's example and massively increasing the number of speed cameras unless they are well signposted.

6:43 AM.Forestry and Regional Economic Minister, Shane Jones is adamant the Billion Trees programme is on track despite worker shortages.

Forestry contractors are pushing to make it easier to bring in… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Dentists say the $22 million being spent on giving young people general anaesthetics for largely preventable conditions could go a long way towards stopping them needing surgery in the first place.

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7:06 AM.The Wales coach Warren Gatland says he'd like to return to New Zealand and coach a Super Rugby side. Audio

7:10 AM.The government won't be signing off on a vast increase in the number of speed cameras, unless they're well sign-posted.

On Wednesday, RNZ revealed the government has been advised to look into… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Canterbury's medical officer of health is calling for research into whether the region's drinking water increases the risk of bowel cancer.

A Danish study has suggested a connection between even very… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Forestry Minister Shane Jones says if the goal of planting a billion trees by 2028 is to be met, forestry workers will need to be brought in from overseas. Mr Jones says his primary focus is still… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Two people are dead and one person is critically injured after a fiery car crash in Oamaru on Wednesday night.

The crash happened at the intersection of T Y Duncan Road and Shortland Road at about… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Latest figures show nearly nine thousand children and teens had dental work in hospital operating theatres last year for largely preventable conditions.

And the cost of the operations carried out… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.One of two Islamic primary schools in the country says there's a desperate need for more schools for Muslims.

Iqra Elementary School in west Auckland officially opened its new building yesterday.

It… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.A midwife admits she administered the wrong dose of a labour-inducing drug during a complicated labour where the baby died just a few hours old.

A coronial inquest in Palmerston North is looking into… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Families waiting for a Government decision on whether overseas parents can join them as New Zealand residents say they feel like political pawns in a fight between coalition parties.

Immigration… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.A new study has found people could be ingesting as much as five grams of plastic every week - the equivalent weight of a credit card.

The study commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature says the… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Employers are being warned they could be at risk of breaking the law if they don't change their drug-testing methods.

First Union, which represents more than twenty-eight thousand workers, says… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The weather forecast isn't good, but the Black Caps are focussing on playing India in their World Cup game in Nottingham tonight. Audio

8:10 AM.The government has pulled back on advice we follow the lead of Sweden and massively increase the number of speed cameras on the road.

The Associate Transport Minister, Julie-Anne Genter, says it… Read more Video, Audio

8:20 AM.A Wanaka midwives support group is welcoming news a Maternal and Child Hub will be set up in the town by early next year.

This week a Wanaka mother gave birth on the floor of a midwife's office after… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The Dental Association says if the government spent more on preventing tooth decay in children it would save millions in hospital costs as well as sparing families a lot of pain and stress.

Latest… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.A freshwater ecologist is supporting calls for more research into the connection between the water we're drinking and the risk of bowel cancer.

In the light of a Danish study that found a connection… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.A coral bleaching around the French Polynesian islands of Tahiti and Mo'orea is being described as the most devastating seen in years.

And what's worrying scientists most is that it took them by… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.On Wednesday night the Horowhenua District Council voted for new, lower speed limits.

Many of the district's back roads will be reduced from 100km/h to 80km/h, and unsealed roads will have an even… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.While Auckland City Council has become the latest to declare a climate emergency, the four councils who've already made similar declarations are grappling with how to turn words into action.

Auckland… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Principals are anxious their school might miss out on one of the 600 new learning support coordinators who will organise help for children with special needs from next year.

The government announced… Read more Audio