Morning Report for Thursday 17 June 2021

6:17 AM.A woman is blaming the Education Ministry and Oranga Tamariki for the fact that her granddaughter has missed nearly three years of schooling.

She says problem started late in 2018 when the girl's… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.A Muslim community leader has spoken out about the growing online abuse from fellow New Zealanders.

Aliya Danzeisen from the Islamic Women's Council has been at this week's conference on terrorism.

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6:50 AM.We're 36 hours out from the final of the World Test Championship and both New Zealand and India are deep into preparations in Southampton.

But one variable that could trump all pre-test predictions… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Property investors believe tenants will be the ultimate losers from any new restriction on mortgage lending.

The Finance Minister has agreed in-principle to give the RBNZ powers to fix upper… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Make your voice heard.

That was the plea from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to those who feel Team New Zealand should accept a $99 million offer to host the next America's Cup in Auckland.

The cup… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The much-awaited meeting of Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin has resulted in some agreements on cyber security, and US and Russia government envoys.

It could be the start of a renewed relationship… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.A family separated by the border closure since its youngest member was four days old are celebrating the "happiest day of their lives" in Auckland today.

They are three of only 500 people who… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.New Zealand Jewish Council spokesperson Juliet Moses is standing by comments she made at the anti-terrorism hui in Christchurch on Tuesday.

The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand led a… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.New Zealand's Rocket Lab has won a contract that may send two of its Photon spacecraft on a mission to Mars in 2024.

The firm is to design the craft for NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.New coastal mapping shows the sea is rapidly gobbling up a beach in front of a mountain of toxic waste stored at Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter.

Locals say this shows how urgent it is for smelter owner… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Wellington retailers in the central shopping district fear a plan to ban cars will see businesses abandon the area.

Under the proposal, an area known as the Golden Mile - Lambton Quay, Manners and… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.A woman who has fought for years to get her granddaughter back to school is angry the teenager has now missed nearly three years of education.

She says the Education Ministry and Oranga Tamariki are… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Negative attitudes towards the Muslim community in New Zealand - and in particular towards women - remains deep-rooted and has been addressed at a gathering part of the anti-terrorism hui in… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.A $100 million government package to support the hosting of the next America's Cup regatta has been rejected - and it seems Team New Zealand will instead sail away with the Auld Mug.

Syndicate boss… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have completed their first face-to-face summit meeting.

It took place in Geneva, and ended after that two and a half hours.

Both men claim… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.A court decision is likely to mean there'll be less of a favourite fish - tarakihi - on our plates in the short term.

The High Court has ruled that sustainability of the fish stock must come before… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.A Waikato iwi is calling for the Hauraki District council to decline an application by Waste Management NZ to expand the Tirohia landfill site which sits on their maunga, Rae o te papa.

Ngāti Hako… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Auckland central city business operators will demonstrate on the steps of Auckland council this morning - demanding answers and compensation, after what they say have been years of disruption to their… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.It's day two of the National Fieldays and thousands are making their way through the gates at Mystery Creek, near Kirikiriroa-Hamilton.

It's the southern hemisphere's largest agricultural event, with… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A clinical psychologist has likened the treatment given to young people at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital in the 1970s to tactics used by those such as the Nazis' secret police, the Gestapo.

The… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.The arts are proving a powerful tool to help Kiwis get through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Creative New Zealand's latest research shows positive attitudes towards the arts have hit an all-time-high.

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8:57 AM.It's early in the day but it's already the happiest of one man's life.

Henco de Beer has been separated from his wife, six-year-old daughter and 18-month-old son for a year and a half.

But a… Read more Audio