Morning Report for Tuesday 26 April 2022

8:53 AM.All eyes will be on lake Karapiro this Thursday when Dame Lisa Carrington faces off against Aimee Fisher for their third and final race to see who gets to represent the country at the Canoe Sprint… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Unions are calling for action after a person died yesterday at Lyttelton Port - just six days after the death of Atiroa Tuaiti at the Ports of Auckland.

The Maritime Union, the Rail and Maritime… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Teenagers who don't know how many minutes are in an hour or when to use full stops could soon fail NCEA.

A test run of tougher literacy and numeracy standards, to come into effect next year, revealed… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Speed limits across the entire highway network in Hawke's Bay could be dropped, as well as parts of its bordering regions.

Next year, Waka Kotahi will review the limit from Norsewood to Gisborne, as… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.An Anzac Day service to honour our fallen soliders in Paraparaumu ended in outrage, after a group of "common law sheriffs" took to the podium.

The common law movement is based off the idea the… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.The first local case of the Omicron XE variant - perhaps better described as a recombinant of the better known BA1 and BA2 sublineages - was reported over the long weekend.

XE may or may not be… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Attorney-General, David Parker, says the Rotorua District Council Representation Arrangements Bill is discriminatory, despite it receiving the Labour Party's backing.

Deputy Prime Minister Grant… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick is standing by a bill before parliament to change electoral rules in the city.

The Rotorua District Council Representation Arrangements Bill would allow the Māori and… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Emmanuel Macron is the president of France once again.

He's the first French president to be elected to a second term in twenty years.

His far-right rival, Marine Le Pen says the size of her vote… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Two shootings in central Wellington and in the suburb of Tawa have left two people with life-threatening injuries.

Seven people have been arrested so far, and police say there could be more.

The two… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Two top officials of the Biden administration have pledged more than $700 million in aid to Ukraine and other countries in the regions.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Ukraine is accusing Russia of attacking the nation's railway infrastructure to disrupt supply lines for military equipment from foreign countries.

This comes as at least five people are dead after… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.Twitter has a new owner.

The social media company has accepted Space X founder Elon Musk's forty four billion dollar offer to take it private.

The billionaire will pay $US54.20 a share.

BBC's… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Auckland homeowners who sold their properties to make way for a walking and cycling bridge over the Waitematā harbour have been left in limbo, now the project's been scrapped.

The government set… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.A trial test of tougher new NCEA standards shows some teens will fail because they don't know how many minutes there are in an hour and don't use capital letters and full stops

The literacy and… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.It's been a deadly long weekend on the roads, with more than double the victims compared to Easter weekend.

Eleven people have died over Anzac weekend, including four teenagers in Invercargill on… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Yet another port worker has been killed on the job and unions have united in a call for urgent action.

The death at Lyttelton Port yesterday comes just six days after the death of Atiroa Tuaiti at… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Transport Minister Michael Wood says he's taking a request for an inquiry into port safety very seriously, after the second death of a port worker in a week.

A Lyttelton Port Company worker died… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The Deputy Prime Minister says proposed legislation to introduce Māori seats on the Rotorua council has serious issues.

A report by the Attorney General David Parker found the local bill limits the… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Eleven people died on the roads this Anzac weekend - more than double last weekend's Easter holiday toll.

Four teenagers are among the victims after their ute crashed into a concrete truck in… Read more Audio