Morning Report for Wednesday 16 February 2022

8:57 AM.On the morning of Saturday 12 February, Jeremy Glenn of The Upbeats woke up to a rather exciting out-of-the-blue email. The Christchurch drum-and-bass artist learnt that a track he'd written with his… Read more Video, Audio

8:53 AM.The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will perform seven concerts starting this week, each before an audience numbering no more than 100.

Nobody knows exactly what the ensemble will be playing or even… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The head of the St John of God Order in Oceania has denied that a lack of documents relating to historical allegations of abuse at Marylands School is evidence of a cover-up.

The Order ran Marylands… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Principals are isolating themselves and making teachers work in separate bubbles in an attempt to slow the spread of omicron in their schools.

They say it is inevitable children will have to learn… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.More now on the Winter Olympic triumph of Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, who will leave Beijing today with gold and silver medals.

The 20-year-old from Wanaka won the Slopestyle event last week and followed… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.The National Party and the Government are still locked in an argument about rapid antigen tests, but Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins says stockpiling them would have been a waste.

National… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.So close, yet so far - Zoi Sadowski-Synnott took home the silver medal in yesterday's Big Air final at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The 20-year-old snowboarder had already claimed New Zealand's first… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Cafes and restaurants on the brink of collapse because of Covid-19 restrictions are being promised some relief by the government but still don't know what that will be.

Businesses are allowed to… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.People infected with Covid-19 are about to become their own contact tracers, with a new online system about to go live.

The country is now in phase two of its Omicron response and with daily case… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Prince Andrew has reached a settlement for a civil sexual assault case brought against him by American woman, Virginia Giuffre.

Giuffre was suing the Duke of York for sexually assaulting her on three… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Conversion therapy will soon be illegal.

Legislation banning the practice of trying to change or suppress a person's sexual orientation or gender identity has passed its third and final reading at… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.An Otago schoolgirl ended up in hospital with concussion after three other students ripped her hijab off and beat her. 

Hoda Al-Jamaa was sitting with her friends at Otago Girls' High School when… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.The Russian Defence Ministry has pulled back some of its troops from the border with Ukraine.

Russia's president Vladimir Putin and and German chancellor Olaf Scholz met in Moscow to discuss the… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Give us our city back - that's the plea from Wellington's Mayor as the Convoy2022 parliament protest stretches on.

He spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

7:37 AM.National Party leader Christopher Luxon says there's a wide range of groups involved at the protest at Parliament and he's not planning on meeting with them.

Occupiers have lived in tents on the… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.Snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has carved a place in the New Zealand sporting record books after her spectacular silver medal performance in the Big Air event at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

At age… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has told parliament protesters clogging Wellington's street to move their vehicles or police will, but he is having trouble getting tow truck companies to help.

Cars… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Prince Andrew has settled a civil sexual assault case brought against him in the United Stated by Virginia Giuffre.

Giuffre was suing the Duke of York, claiming he sexually assaulted her on three… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.As Covid-19 cases grow, Auckland health staff are urging people not to get tested unless they need to.

Testing stations and labs are under increasing pressure, not helped by people seeking tests when… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Protesters parked illegally in Wellington have been given an ultimatum by the Police Commissioner: move the cars or they will be towed - and if you get in the way - expect to be arrested.

RNZ asked… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Protesters parked illegally in Wellington haven't moved their vehicles, despite an ultimatum issued by the Police Commissioner.

Andrew Coster said the clock is ticking, and protesters must move the… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.The Duke of York and Virginia Giuffre have reached a "settlement in principle" in the civil sexual assault claim filed against Prince Andrew in the US.

The settlement has been made out of court, just… Read more Audio