Morning Report for Monday 14 March 2022

8:51 AM.The hair removal products market is worth just over $4 billion globally, but it's not just the financial cost that hits people where it hurts.

In a new series Charlotte Cook investigates the… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Imagine if you could be told 20 years in advance you were going to get dementia and then begin treatment to prevent it.

One long-term study is hoping to bring that closer to reality.

RNZ's Kim… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.A conservation group is calling on the government to push for mass environmental destruction, or ecocide, to be declared a crime by the International Criminal Court.

The move would mean individuals… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.A medical expert says more needs to be done about chronic kidney disease in New Zealand.

University of Otago research shows it's more prevalent among the Pacific population than previously thought.

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8:35 AM.Netball's domestic competition has opened with a major upset after last year's defending champions - the Auckland-based Northern Mystics - went down to the 2021's least successful team, the Waikato… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Oranga Tamariki has failed to meet with Māori to design new sexual violence services for children as unmet demand ratchets up.

The agency says it is still in a relationship-building phase with Māori… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Wellington - born film director Jane Campion has continued to soak up international awards for The Power of the Dog.

On Sunday the Directors Guild of America awarded its top prize for feature-film… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Ukrainians in Aotearoa say action must be taken quickly after Parliament passed a bill to toughen sanctions on Russia.

All political parties supported the Russia Sanctions Bill and this means… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.More than two million people have now left Ukraine, with around 250,000 of them currently in Warsaw. Poland can only take so much - and it's warned the European Union it needs more money to help.

The… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.The White Ferns are licking their wounds and bracing for a scrap to reach the cricket World Cup playoffs after a humbling loss to Australia.

Chasing 270 to win at the Basin Reserve, the tournament… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.New Zealand has completed its biggest Winter Paralympics medal haul for 20 years.

Four medals also left us 15th on the medal table at the Games in Beijing, with experienced alpine skiers Adam Hall… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The Government is hoping an overhaul of the waste system will tackle the country's annual 13-million-tonne landfill problem.

Only 28 percent of New Zealand's rubbbish is recycled - the rest goes to… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.A top medical researcher says many patients decline vital genetic tests out of fear they could lose their insurance cover because of it.

Auckland University Centre for Cancer Research acting director… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.The police have launched an investigation into a trauma cleaning company that for years posted graphic pictures of callout scenes.

RNZ revealed last month that Crime Scene Cleaners has been sharing… Read more Audio

7:32 AM.A leading epidemiologist says declining daily Covid-19 case numbers are no reason to celebrate.

Professor Rod Jackson says anyone with Covid-19 symptoms can assume they have virus unless they get a… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.The police won't give details over whether finances are part of their investigation into the occupation of Parliament's grounds and surrounding streets.

Large sums of money traded hands during and… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.The Russian airstrike at the Lviv military base near Poland's border is being called too close for comfort for NATO neighbours.

BBC correspondent in Kyiv James Waterhouse spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Cabinet is set to discuss cutting the excise tax on fuel.

"We're discussing this today and we will move very quickly to speak to it soon after. But I do want to… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.The government has placed its faith in a Crown Commission to continue governing Tauranga for at least two more years - but the chair says such structures should be used sparingly.

Four commissioners… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.A controversial North Taranaki composting and worm farming business has flunked its latest environmental monitoring report.

Previously in trouble for stockpiling 20,000 tonnes of oil and gas waste at… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.The parents of a young boy with rheumatic fever are urging adults, particularly in pacific communities, to take sore throats and rashes in children seriously.

Around 33 percent of last year's cases… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.The Northland property of Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov has been visited by a flotilla of boats, kayakers and stand up paddle boarders protesting against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The group… Read more Audio