Morning Report for Thursday 28 April 2022

8:55 AM.The race for the New Zealand spot in the K1 500 metre at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Canada in August is heating up between Dame Lisa Carrington and Aimee Fisher.

RNZ sports reporter… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The Government has launched a plan to support older people to continue working if they either need to or want to.

A third of the New Zealand workforce is aged 50 or older, and half of those aged 65… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The Minister for Workplace Safety is asking the country's ports to "pull itself together" after two work-place deaths in the space of a week.

Michael Wood has ordered the Transport Accident… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.A flood-stricken school in Tairāwhiti has still received no word about the fate of their buildings.

Hatea-a-Rangi School is still hobbled after two severe floods in the region within nine months.

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8:38 AM.The United States' first ever female secretary of state Madeleine Albright has been farewelled at her funeral at Washington National Cathedral.

She died last month at the age of 84. US President… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.It's hoped a new art installation in Ōtautahi Christchurch can help people talk their worries away through a series of telephones by the riverside.

Twelve telephones have popped up across sites… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.The government wants feedback on its draft plan on how to adapt to the effects of a warming planet - and who should pay for it.

The bottom line is don't look to the government to cover all the costs… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A former methamphetamine addict who's now clean says she's not surprised that meth use spiked hugely during Covid-19 lockdowns.

Police say use of the drug has stayed elevated since restrictions eased… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.A group of more than 150 doctors and scientists are calling for the Government to adopt a stronger mitigation approach to the pandemic, with the aim of maintaining low infection rates.

VaccinesPlusNZ… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The putrid stench emanating from the wastewater treatment plant in the Christchurch suburb of Bromley is keeping people awake at night and making them want to dry-retch.

The plant's trickling filters… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Grounded Kiwis group has won a legal battle against the Government's MIQ system.

A High Court judge has ruled it impeded the right of returning New Zealanders in a way which was not justified in a… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.The government's announced a new face mask exemption card which it hopes will help both businesses and customers.

Not everyone is sure about the benefits.

Retailer Commonsense Organics spokesperson… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.The Health Minister says emergency cancer drug approvals overseas are making it difficult to identify which medicines New Zealand should fund.

The Cancer Control Agency released a report today, which… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.More than 1000 New Zealand cancer patients a year are missing out on gold-standard cancer drugs readily available in Australia.

The Cancer Control Agency, Te Aho o te Kahu, has released a report this… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.An intern who left Arise Church was allegedly given close to a six figure settlement on the condition he did not speak ill of the congregation.

Former members have come forward alleging attempts by… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.New Zealanders who battled to get a room in a managed isolation hotel so they could come home are hailing the High Court ruling which found the MIQ lottery system was unfair.

Grounded Kiwis have… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.New Zealanders who battled to get a room in a managed isolation hotel so they could come home are hailing the High Court ruling which found the MIQ lottery system was unfair.

Grounded Kiwis have… Read more Audio

6:51 AM.Authorities say Russian forces are continuing to attack the Azovstal steelworks in the southern port city of Mariupol, where fighters and some civilians are holed up.

Russian President Vladimir Putin… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.Police say social media is driving a spate of ram raids in Auckland, with offenders as young as eleven years at the wheel.

It's also a national problem - dairy owners around the country have reported… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The Government's Covid-19 response has taken a huge knock with a High Court ruling the MIQ system was unfair. Justice Mallon says it was inevitable the system would operate unjustly when demand… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.Don't look to the government to cover all the costs of climate change to your property.

That's the warning from the Climate Change Minister, as he laid out a six-year plan on how to adapt to the… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.The United States has bid farewell to its first ever female secretary of state Madeleine Albright.

She died last month at the age of 84. Her funeral was held at Washington National Cathedral… Read more Audio