Navigation for Morning Report
Morning Report for Friday 11 June 2021
-
Top Stories for Friday 11 June 2021
6:00 AM.Top stories this morning... Alarming figures show New Zealand is increasingly dependent on coal to generate electricity A shortage of nurses forces a Christchurch hospital to cancel operations Joe… Read more Audio
-
Marine sector worried superyachts moored in NZ will leave
6:10 AM.The marine sector is worried the 20 foreign superyachts moored here will sail to Australia, which lets vessels in from New Zealand without quarantine.
The Marine Industry Association is in talks with… Read more Audio
-
Early Business News for 11 June 2021
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
-
-
Coal still king for Westland Mayor Bruce Smith
6:37 AM.The burning of coal to create electricity is at a nine-year high in New Zealand.
The news comes in the same week the Prime Minister says action on climate change must be do or die.
The same amount… Read more Audio
-
NZ Law Society concerned about Samoa political crisis
6:41 AM.The New Zealand Law Society is concerned about the deepening political crisis in Samoa.
It says recent attacks on the nation's judiciary are unacceptable and current legal and constitutional issues… Read more Audio
-
Covid-19: Fiji reports 94 new cases
6:43 AM.In Fiji, the number of new Covid-19 cases continues to grow. On Wednesday, a new daily record was made at 94 new cases within twenty-four hours.
The Fiji government is unable to isolate cases at its… Read more Audio
-
National MP Nick Smith bids farewell to Parliament
6:48 AM.The long serving National MP Nick Smith has bid farewell to Parliament, leaving many unanswered questions about the spat between himself and a staffer.
He abruptly resigned last week, citing the loss… Read more Audio
-
Business News for 11 June 2021
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
-
NZ's use of coal for energy generation jumps
7:09 AM.New Zealand is relying more and more on coal to power the country, despite its status as the world's worst fossil fuel.
Government figures show in the first three months of this year the same amount… Read more Audio
-
Christchurch Hospital beds sitting empty due to nurse shortage
7:13 AM.Beds at Christchurch hospital are sitting empty because there are not enough nurses.
Medical staff there say a stretched workforce is now at breaking point.
Conan Young reports. Read more Audio
-
Biden and Johnson meet face to face
7:17 AM.The United States President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have been meeting ahead of the G7 leaders Summit in Cornwall, England.
It is the first time the two leaders have met face to… Read more Audio
-
Marine industry wants trans-Tasman sea bubble
7:23 AM.The marine industry is in talks with government officials to set up a trans Tasman sea bubble for cruising yachts and superyachts, to bring much-needed business to the struggling sector.
It is… Read more Audio
-
Hīkoi on the way to Far North District Council over Significant Natural Areas
7:27 AM.A hīkoi will this morning make its way to the Far North District Council offices in Kaikohe.
The march is in opposition to proposed SNA - or Significant Natural Area - land restrictions.
On… Read more Audio
-
Defence Force admits ammunition contaminated land
7:36 AM.The Defence Force has contaminated the land with heavy metals from ammunition but has not revealed just how badly.
It has released one lot of tests showing limited contamination at Waiouru army camp… Read more Audio
-
State homes failing to meet Govt's healthy homes standards
7:44 AM.The Labour Government has been accused of having one rule for private landlords and another for itself when it comes to meeting its own healthy homes standards.
Fewer than one in five state homes… Read more Audio
-
Black Caps' second test underway in Edgbaston
7:54 AM.To cricket now, the Black Caps second test with New Zealand is underway in Edgbaston, in England.
Scyld Berry is a cricket correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph.
He spoke to Gyles Beckford. Read more Audio
-
Sports News for 11 June 2021
8:06 AM.The Black Caps seamer Matt Henry took two wickets to help put the visitors on the front foot in the second cricket test against England and he was chuffed to take the key scalp of the hosts captain… Read more Audio
-
Mayor John Carter on Significant Natural Areas
8:10 AM.There will be a hikoi in Northland on Friday, where hundreds are expected at the Far North District Council office in Kaikohe in opposition to re-designating their whenua as Significant Natural Areas.
… -
Global watchdog criticises police Financial Intelligence Unit
8:16 AM.A global watchdog for money laundering and terrorist financing has found New Zealand's police do a good job of seizing proceeds of crime.
But it did find several shortcomings in their Financial… Read more Audio
-
DOC reporting plan to go predator free working well
8:20 AM.The Department of Conservation is reporting its plan to rid New Zealand of rats, stoats and possums by 2050 is well on the way to success.
A five-year progress report shows a substantial increase in… Read more Audio
-
Whakaari/White Island: Government reviewing responsibilities
8:24 AM.The government is reviewing the way responsibilities are shared for Whakaari/White Island - only four years after they were drawn up.
Twenty-two people died after the volcano erupted without warning… Read more Audio
-
Funding issues bite for drug checking agency after law change
8:27 AM.Ecstasy, Pingers, MDMA, are all different names for the second most popular illegal drug in New Zealand.
Police wastewater testing shows consumption has been growing consistently, with more than a… Read more Audio
-
Markets Update for 11 June 2021
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
-
Covid-19: Four more cases found in Melbourne
8:37 AM.Melbourne is out of lockdown, but it's not clear of the risks yet. As of yesterday four members of a family with Covid-19 are infected, with no known origin.
The four new cases from Thursday are… Read more Audio
-
Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate on crime in the Waikato
8:41 AM.The Waikato will be the focus of a team targeting organised crime from July.
Raids this week saw police arrest 35 people, including senior members of the Comancheros, the Mongrel Mob and the Head… Read more Audio
-
Pacific art exhibition opens in Auckland
8:48 AM.The curator of one of Aotearoa's largest exhibitions of contemporary Māori art has a new exhibition opening tonight in Auckland.
Following his departure from the Auckland Art Gallery after the… Read more Audio
-
New Lord of the Rings film on the way from Hollywood
8:52 AM.In news from Hollywood, another Lord of the Rings feature film is on the way - this time in the style of Japanese anime.
Warner Brothers says it will produce The Lord of the Rings: The War of the… Read more Audio
-
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio