Morning Report for Thursday 16 September 2021

8:53 AM.There's a big push on to save Dunedin's kākā population and locals are being called on to help.

RNZ podcast Our Changing World producer Claire Concannon visited the Orokonui Eco-sanctury. Read more Audio

8:49 AM.The government is being accused of caving to big business by winding back protections for wetlands.

Rules, only brought in a year ago, currently stop any sort of development within 100 metres of a… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.More birth injuries are set to be covered by ACC.

RNZ understands an annoucement will be made before the end of the month. It comes as an open letter is delivered to the Minister Carmel Sepuloni… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.A leading medical specialist says New Zealand must to everything possible to boost Covid-19 vaccination rates among vulnerable groups, including Māori.

The call from Waikato emergency department… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Former Tai Tokerau MP and Tai Tokerau Border Control spokesperson Hone Harawira is worried a potential Covid-19 outbreak could be triggered by the arrival of around 50 yachts travelling to the Bay of… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Australia, the United States and Britain is to unveilling a new security pact this morning.

The new three-nation security pact called AUKUS is an attempt to counter growing Chinese influence.

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8:17 AM.The government has announced a five-month delay to its plan to tackle the climate crisis.

Climate Change minister James Shaw announced on Wednesday that Cabinet agreed to the delay the Emissions… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Māori health leaders say they need input in the design of solutions to get more people vaccinated against Covid-19, as the rollout looks to reach people who have so far been unable to get a shot.

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7:53 AM.Extreme metal jazz orchestra composition REgenesis from the Chimera Suite has attracted social media attention and gained some big name fans thanks to the Taxpayers Union.

Earlier this week the lobby… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.A review of WorkSafe's handling of operations on Whakaari/White Island before the deadly eruption took place is now months overdue.

The blast in December 2019 took 22 lives.

In 2020 Minister of… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Air New Zealand is spreading its environmental wings and will investigate the viability of hydrogen-powered aircraft.

Our national carrier has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with global… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.National Party MP Chris Bishop is backing leader Judith Collins after a poll put the party on 21 percent.

The poll, commissioned by right wing group the Taxpayers Union and conducted by research… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.A sliver of good news for New Zealanders stranded abroad - next week, they can once again try their luck at getting a spot in MIQ.

It comes with new, hopefully fairer, online booking system.

Here's… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.An Auckland couple who breached Auckland's lockdown to go to Wanaka have thrown name suppression into the spotlight. 

The pair obtained urgent, interim name suppression before letting it lapse and… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Middlemore Hospital is on a mission to test every patient for Covid-19 - to see if the disease is circulating undetected in South Auckland.

Mobile testing teams are going bed-to-bed with the offer of… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.A team of surf lifesavers and a fleet of rescue boats are today joining the search for Thomas Phillips and his three young children.

The family's abandoned ute was found in the surf at Kiritehere… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.An RNZ data analysis has revealed Pākehā are granted name suppression three times as often as Māori, even though Māori are charged and convicted with more crimes.

In the first story of a new series… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.The first in a series of vaccination buses aimed at boosting the number of Covid-19 jabs in South Auckland, will get on the road today.

The buses, organised by the region's District Health Boards… Read more Audio

6:37 AM.Twenty surf lifesavers and a fleet of inflatable rescue boats are spending Thursday searching the Waikato coast for a King Country man missing with his three children.

Thomas Phillips' ute was found… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.Māori men are being urged to go get their prostates checked to stop more tāne from dying of prostate cancer.

Māori men are twice as likely to die from the disease.

RNZ reporter Matai O'Connor filed… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.A climate campaigner says there's a bunch of good reasons for the Government to delay its plan to tackle the climate crisis - the main one being what he calls the 'staggering ineptitude' of government… Read more Audio