Morning Report for Wednesday 30 June 2021

6:38 AM.Residents of Wellington's Breaker Bay are breathing a sigh of relief after large waves forecast for the city's south coast last night weren't as severe as predicted.

The polar blast that swept up the… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Justice Minister Kris Faafoi are under pressure to explain exactly what would become a criminal offence under proposed hate speech laws.

A new, clearer offence in… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.The National Party is pointing the finger at the Government over dwindling Covid-19 vaccine supplies.

A further 50,000 vaccines arrived yesterday, bringing stocks to about 80,000.

However, Covid-19… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.A financial expert is urging businesses to take the threat of cyber attacks seriously and do more to protect their firms.

The Fintech New Zealand general manager James Brown says cyber security… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The Al Noor Mosque is being targeted with fresh threats of violence.

The police have received three separate reports of threats towards the Christchurch mosque in the last fortnight, incidents a… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Residents of Wellington's Breaker Bay are breathing a sigh of relief after large waves forecast for the city's south coast last night weren't as severe as predicted.

Heavy sea swells of up to eight… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Heavy sea swells of up to eight metres had been forecast for Wellington's south coast, causing a local state of emergency to be declared for the city's Southern and Eastern wards.

People from about… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Snow down south and heavy swells, winds, hail and snow flurries in Wellington.

While Gisborne also got heavy swells along the coast and some snow on the hills around the city.

It's been wild weather… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Wellington, Kāpiti Coast, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa are back at alert level 1 and from Monday the trans-Tasman travel bubble will resume for South Australia, the ACT, Tasmania and Victoria. 

At the… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.The National Party leader Judith Collins says it is up to her caucus whether her predecessor Todd Muller remains in Parliament for another two years.

Muller announced last week he is retiring from… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.New Zealand is at risk of giving China coercive power over its economy, according to an American general who held a top national security role with the US government.

General HR McMaster, who served… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Highly sensitive information of patients and staff at Waikato District Health Board found its way onto the dark web yesterday.

It was published on a website entitled Vice Society and is reported to… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.The Abuse in Care inquiry looking at abuse of young people at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital in the 1970s, has concluded with one survivor saying the darkness and shame carried by all survivors has… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.A Central Otago distiller is hoping the "white stuff " blanketing the region will boost the quality and flavour of his whisky.

The polar blast has caused temperatures to drop below freezing at… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Kawerau's paper mill shuts today amid questions about what contamination it leaves behind.

An iwi campaigner for a cleaner Tarawera River says the Norwegian operators are exiting, quickly, without… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.The Government is under pressure to explain exactly what the proposed new hate laws would mean for criminal offending.

A new, clearer offence in the Crimes Act may be created with penalties that… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.People living along Wellington's Breaker Bay were evacuated last night in anticipation of huge swells.

Waves as large as eight metres have pummeled the South Coast and aren't expected to die down… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.The Abuse in Care inquiry looking at abuse of young people at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital in the 1970s, has concluded.

After two weeks and two days of a public hearing and about 40 witnesses -… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.To Miami, where a sixth day of searching at the site of the collapsed seaside apartment building has revealed no further survivors.

There are still 150 people unaccounted for, while 11 bodies have… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.A Wellington bus driver dumped a 10-year-old girl in an unfamiliar suburb in the pouring rain, after failing to drop her at school.

The bus company has admitted multiple failings from its driver, and… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Auckland Council has signed off on its record $32 billion 10-year budget.

It aims to support the city's recovery from the impacts of Covid-19 and deliver on important infrastructure needs.

Mayor… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.England has knocked footballing giants Germany out of the European championships, beating them 2-0.

BBC sports reporter Henry Moeran watched the game and spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio