Morning Report for Tuesday 14 December 2021

8:57 AM.The public can now vote for the best New Zealand quote of 2021.

Ten one liners have been finalised.

Competition organiser and Speech Writing specialist Heather Kavan from Massey University spoke to… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Māori and Pasifika health providers have teamed up to try and vaccinate people whom the government rollout has failed to reach.

After a protracted court battle, the Ministry of Health has been… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.More and more parents are wanting to home-school their children.

The Education Ministry's received more than 3,000 home-schooling applications this year, 800 in November alone.

Among those applying… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon is asking Kiwis to dial down the heat a notch and keep conversations civil when it comes to Covid-19 vaccinations.

Foon says judgement should be dialed down and… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.At least three-quarters of one Kentucky town is gone following the deadly tornadoes that tore through the heartland over the weekend.

Determined recovery efforts are afoot, as residents grapple with… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.It may be December, but the weather has things other than sunshine on their mind for most of us over the next day or so.

A hard rain's a-gonna fall across much of the country, with significant rain… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Some sexual assault victims have experienced extreme frustration dealing with ACC.

Two sexual assault victims have told RNZ ACC discouraged them from making claims and failed to inform them about the… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.The National Party is describing the police's insistence they don't specifically collect crime-related data on emergency housing as a "campaign of denial".

A number of reports, dating back to July… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.All going well, most of Aotearoa will be in the orange light setting on New Year's Eve, but an epidemiologist believes the government has deliberately given itself time to backtrack.

All regions bar… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.A Hamilton mum, who says she was a Covid-19 denier until she got the virus, is finally back home after ending up in hospital.

Karina Haira shared her fight for life on social media via a series of… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.The number of people wanting to home-school their children has spiked.

The Education Ministry has received more than 3000 home-schooling applications this year, 800 of them in the month of November… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Auckland is set to move from the red setting in the traffic light framework to orange on 30 December.

It means gatherings like concerts can take place, provided attendees are vaccinated.

Auckland… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Ōpōtiki's turning orange but it's making no difference to a councillor calling for holiday makers to stay away.

The small town in the Eastern Bay of Plenty has very low vaccination rates but will… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Two sexual assault victims say ACC discouraged them from making claims and failed to inform them about the financial help they could be entitled to.

One of the women says ACC told her she was better… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.Several streets in the Manawatu town of Feilding are closed and emergency services worked through the night after a deluge of rain flooded parts of the region.

A Fire and Emergency says it had more… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.NZ director Jane Campion's film The Power of the Dog has been nominated for seven categories in the Golden Globes.

The western drama is in the running for best motion picture drama, best actor in a… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Iwi health providers in Northland are in favour of keeping the top of the country at red on the Covid-19 traffic light, until double-vaccination rates hit 90 percent.

The entire country will be at… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.The police have been actively gathering detailed information on rising rates of crime and violence at emergency housing, despite insisting for months they do not "specifically" collect such data.

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7:09 AM.People planning New Years celebrations in Auckland are hailing the city's next step towards freedom, just in time to bid goodbye - or maybe good riddance - to 2021.

The city will be joining the rest… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Northland event organisers are devastated they're spending the summer holidays under red light restrictions.

Te Tai Tokerau is the only region stuck at red come 30 December - that means goodbye to… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The National Party says the government is being too heavy on the brakes with its traffic light settings for Auckland.

Tāmaki Makaurau and all the regions which have been red under the Covid-19… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.In England, booster shots have been brought urgently forward to fight Omicron.

The variant was discovered a mere few weeks ago, and already accounts for 40 percent of all cases in London.

UK… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.A move to Covid-19 orange settings on 30 December for almost all regions currently in red will come too late for some.

Taupō's mayor David Trewavas wants the town out of red now, with events like the… Read more Audio