Morning Report for Tuesday 19 April 2022

8:53 AM.NASA is set to broadcast a message deep into outer space that will tell alien civilisations how to find us and who we are.

It's an updated version of previous messages sent in 1974, but using… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.California's Coachella music festival returned this weekend after a two year hiatus caused by the pandemic.

Around 125,000 people are expected to attend each day of the two weekend festival, which is… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.More than $US16 billion US dollars has been pledged by countries at the Our Ocean conference in Palau to help shore-up conservation and sustainable fishing.

Over 500 delegates from more than 80… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Latest figures show there has been a decline in cancer diagnoses and treatments thanks to the Omicron outbreak.

Data from Te Aho o Te Kahu, the Cancer Control Agency, indicates overall diagnoses fell… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.They say the glitter and freebies are all designed to attract young people - many of whom were then mistreated.

John Cameron, the founding pastor of Arise, has stepped back after interns claimed they… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.The Prime Minister has a full day of business in front of her on Tuesday, and for the first time in more than two years it will not being conducted on local soil.

Jacinda Ardern is leading a… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The Prime Minister has touched down in Singapore - after clearing a pre-departure test - kicking off her first overseas trip in more than two years.

Jacinda Ardern arrived on the Boeing 757 at Changi… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.The Easter holiday road toll stands at four this year, considerably down on last year's toll of nine. The official hoilday period ended at six this morning. Last year nine people died on the roads… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.A group of Waiheke Island restaurants and bars have discovered the power of banding together to get them through tough Covid-19 times of staff shortages and scarce tourists.

They're co-ordinating… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.An Auckland woman who had her breast cancer operation postponed twice is one of thousands caught up in delays caused by Omicron.

There were 2500 fewer planned surgeries carried out in Auckland in the… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Ratepayers have forked out more than $29 million over the past five years to install CCTV cameras.

But experts say they don't necessarily make our streets safer.

Here's data journalist Farah… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Investigations are underway into the shooting by police of a 22-year-old man on State Highway three north of New Plymouth on Saturday night.

It's the fifth fatal shooting by police in Taranaki since… Read more Audio

7:33 AM.Māngere Budgeting Service chief executive Darryl Evans has resigned and the board of the high-profile charity has appointed a Queen's Counsel to oversee an inquiry into allegations former staff have… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Hundreds, possibly thousands, of new teachers have been under-paid since the start of the year.

They are getting $200 to $300 a week less than they should and some are struggling to get by.

It's an… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Hundreds of drunk drivers who are eligible, are not getting an alcohol interlock sentence - and even if they did, they'd probably get away with never having the device fitted to their vehicle.

Once… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.To Ukraine, where government officials say missile strikes have killed at least seven people in the western city of Lviv, which had largely escaped attack until now.

Lviv's military commander says… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The Finance Minister expects the official inflation figure to rise when it's released later this week.

Figures out last week showed food prices were 7.6 per cent higher compared to March last year.

… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Britain's Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have recently stopped by the UK and met with the Queen for an unexpected visit.

The couple made the stop on their way to the Invictus Games in the… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Hundreds - possibly thousands - of new teachers are being underpaid by up to $300 a week.

This woman says she is being paid about $300 dollars a week less than she should be.

It happens at the start… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.The Prime Minister will soon be starting her first full day of work away from New Zealand in more than two years.

Jacinda Ardern is in Singapore until Wednesday with trade and business leaders, and… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.Former members of one of the country's biggest churches say it spent the money it tithed from its members on grandiose services and huge fees for overseas speakers.

They say the glitter and freebies… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.Four people died on the roads over Easter, considerably down on last year's toll of nine.

The official holiday period ended at 6am on Tuesday.

AA road safety spokesperson Dylan Thomsen spoke to… Read more Audio