Morning Report for Wednesday 9 June 2021

6:16 AM.At 11am on Wednesday nurses will down tools to join marches and pickets across the country in a attempt to force a breakthrough in their dispute over pay and working conditions.

Nearly all elective… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.A leading family doctor says there's still confusion about when and where the Covid-19 vaccine will be available.

Cabinet will next week consider further advice about the roll-out of the jab for the… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The Waikato Mongrel Mob says its being unfairly targetted by the police and has accused them of using the latest international drug sting as a smear campaign against gangs.

Senior members of the… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Retirement village residents have overwhelmingly told the Retirement Commissioner they want a review of the laws governing the sector.

The Commissioner Jane Wrightson is recommending the government… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.In Canada, there are calls for the government and the Roman Catholic Church to take concrete action to deal with the continued harms residental schools caused indigenous communities.

Canadians have… Read more Audio

6:54 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

7:10 AM.A huge internet outage last night resulted in websites and apps around the world going dark for an hour after a major content delivery network failed.

News websites and apps affected included CNN… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.One million more doses of the Pfizer vaccine will land on our shores next month, bringing the total number of Pfizer doses received this year to more than 1,900,000.

That will be enough to fully… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Crime gangs across the world have been tricked into using phone they thought were secure - but instead lead to raids and arrests across 16 countries, including New Zealand.

More than 800 suspects… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.The National Party's Paul Goldsmith is standing by his comments that on balance Māori benefited from colonisation, despite the kickback from other MPs including some of his own caucus colleagues.

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7:37 AM.The government is being urged to "lift the lid" on the retirement village industry, as the Retirement Commissioner calls for an urgent review of the laws to better protect the elderly.

Feedback on… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Nearly all non-urgent surgery and outpatient clinics are cancelled today, as thousands of nurses go on strike.

In Auckland, only two vaccination centres will open, with the lack of available nurses… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Five years on from the Kaikōura earthquake, the country's defences against bad building design are weaker than they should be.

Two crucial initiatives have not seen the light of day.

And the number… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.The FBI-led operation that saw the arrests of top gang members in New Zealand is tipped to put almost no dent in the high use of methamphetamine.

So far, New Zealand police have arrested 35 people… Read more Audio

7:59 AM.Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua have joined calls against a Far North District Council proposal, saying it could be seem as an unadulterated land grab.

They are also warning councils moving too fast on the… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Kane Williamson's troublesome elbow could keep the captain out of the second and deciding test against England, but strike bowler Trent Boult is back. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Retirement villages are rejecting a call from the Retirement Commissioner for an urgent review of laws governing the sector.

In a report today Commissioner Jane Wrightson says the law risks becoming… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.An FBI-led operation that resulted in the arrests of several top gang members in New Zealand continued overnight, resulting in the arrests of more than 800 people across the globe.

So far, New… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Soiled carpets, walls covered in graffiti and a lack of communal space - these are just some of findings made by the Chief Ombudsman during inspections of acute mental health facilities.

In new… Read more Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:37 AM.The former deputy leader of the National Party Paula Bennett has revealed Todd Muller told her she wasn't wanted in any role after his leadership coup in May last year.

She made the revelation to… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.A significant internet outage last night which resulted in websites and apps globally going dark for about an hour after a major content delivery network failed.

News websites and apps affected… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Locals in the King Country town of Ōtorohanga are claiming victory after forcing district councillors to backtrack on their plan to relax a clampdown on poker machines.

The debate over the… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.The developer behind Waiheke Island's Kennedy Point Marina says their construction work is not preventing korora - Little Blue Penguin - from swimming out of their nests.

Forest & Bird wrote to… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.A new study has concluded that Māori were likely the first humans to set eyes on Antartic waters and even the continent itself.

Researchers from Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.To Timaru, where the district library team are attempting to break a Guiness World Record by knitting the largest blanket fort ever.

At 700 square meters, they need roughly 16 knitted squares for… Read more Audio