Morning Report for Friday 17 September 2021

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

8:47 AM.State schools' income from sources like fund-raising and foreign students fell 28 percent or roughly $170 million last year.

That loss far outstrips the $84 million the government gave the sector… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Mā tātou katoa te reo Māori e whakaora. 

If te reo Māori is to survive, non-Māori must speak and learn the language too.

That's the message from the head of the Māori Language Commission as the… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.The Black Caps play their first match in Pakistan for 18 years tonight.

Security concerns mean the New Zealand men's cricket team haven't toured Pakistan since 2003.

Veteran cricket commentator… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.The Black Caps play their first match in Pakistan for 18 years tonight. Security concerns mean the New Zealand men's cricket team haven't toured Pakistan since 2003.

But - after trips to the country… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.A group of experts have declared our mask guidelines inadequate - most notably for those working on the frontline.

The Centre for Informed Futures at Auckland University say we're not keeping pace… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.A triple homicide was discovered in Timaru on Thursday night.

It's a crushing blow to a community still reeling from the tragedy of five teenagers killed in a car crash just last month.

Timaru… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.A discharge without conviction can spare a person guilty of a crime years of struggle and stigma. 

RNZ can reveal Pākehā are granted more each year than any other group. 

As part of new series Is… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The Prime Minister's downplaying the impact of a new tri-lateral security deal on New Zealand and its place in the region.

Australia, the United States and Britain have announced a the partnership… Read more Audio

7:58 AM.A 30-million-year-old penguin fossil has been identified as a completely new species, 15 years after it was discovered by school kids.

Massey University researchers say the bird, while closely… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.It seems the influence of the Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield is no match for peer pressure.

Principals have told RNZ most teenagers in alert level two areas are not bothering to wear… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.A homicide investigation has been launched in Timaru after three people were found dead. Police were called to a house on Queen Street in the suburb of Parkside just after 10pm on Thursday.

Three… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Fox Glacier businesses are holding out hope for a school holiday boost after a long and difficult winter.

Several businesses have already closed in town and others are considering whether to… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.With terror laws set to be updated this month, there's skepticism over the call to review agency actions leading up to the LynnMall knife attack.

Police, Corrections and intelligence services are to… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.As of midnight, truck drivers and others crossing the sensitive border between Auckland and the rest of the country now have to show proof of Covid-19 tests.

Mainfreight managing director Don Braid… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.When Napier woman Jules Cunningham woke up on Thursday, she was not expecting to see photos of mobile Covid-19 vaccination clinics driving around Auckland with her idea for a nickname displayed on the… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.The first fleet of Covid-19 vaccination buses hit the streets of South Auckland yesterday.

Nicknamed 'Shot Bro', the buses are the latest strategy by public health officials to reach the city's goal… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Associate Minister of Health Peeni Henare says a truck driver’s positive Covid-19 test came through as part of surveillance testing.

The driver delivers supermarket supplies and travelled to… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.The search continues today for Thomas Phillips and his three young children who are missing on the isolated part of west coast of the North Island.

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

7:11 AM.The mystery is deepening as the search continues today for Thomas Phillips and his three young children.

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

7:10 AM.There has been a triple homicide in Timaru.

Three bodies have been found in a house, another person is in hospital.

Emergency services arrived at the house just after 10pm to find the bodies of the… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.Germany's election is coming up next week - and chancellor Angela Merkel will stand down after 16 years.

For those vying for the leadership, Germany's pandemic response and climate change action are… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Researchers in Australia have found a small shot of glucose additive could be the secret to creating a vastly more sustainable battery for electric vehicles.

The study conducted at Melbourne's Monash… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Auckland anaesthetists, surgeons and other senior doctors have become temporary vaccinators as many find themselves with a little time to spare.

Thousands of elective surgeries have been deferred… Read more Audio

6:37 AM.From today, truckies and others crossing the Alert Level 4 border between Auckland and the rest of the country must show they've had a Covid test within the past seven days.

The Ministry of Transport… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.The National Party has added its voice to demands that the Government release health data to help boost the Māori vaccination rate against Covid-19.

West Auckland's Te Whānau O Waipareira Trust said… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.A Māori-led mobile vaccine clinic that focuses on going to emergency and transitional housing is under way in Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington and is helping to curb vaccine hesitancy in the community.