Morning Report for Tuesday 17 May 2022

8:57 AM.Seventeen-year-old Blackpool FC midfielder Jake Daniels has become the first mens professional footballer in the UK in more than 30 years to come out as gay.

He told Sky Sport UK he had been weighing… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Later this year, motorists travelling over Mt Messenger on State Highway 3 in Taranaki could get a fleeting glimpse of 20-tonne digger seemingly flying through mid-air.

Waka Kotahi is about to build… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.A Wellington secondary school has called in the police after racist graffiti targeting Pasifika students was again sprayed over a toilet block.

It's now happened twice at Wellington Girls' College -… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Some Māori leaders are now hoping the Government has finally recognised the role of tangata whenua when it comes to cutting carbon emissions.

Others say there are still gaps missing that the… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.The Motor Trade Association is calling for the trial of the "scrap and replace car scheme" to be extended to all New Zealanders.

It's part of its plan to drive down emissions the government has… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The size of the country's car fleet is heading the wrong way in the race to reduce emissions - vehicles are getting heavier which means burning more fuel.

Safety ratings which favour bigger cars are… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.The government is promising at least half of the energy we use will come from renewable resources by 2035. Under the Emissions Reductions Plan, the government will phase out the use of coal boilers… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.An expert says he would "put money on New Zealand's gross emissions continuing to rise for some years yet".

Massey University emeritus professor of sustainable energy and climate mitigation Ralph… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A North Island resthome has sent a begging letter to its residents and their families offering a 500 dollar reward to anyone who can find a nurse to work there.

One family says they were shocked to… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.The economy is "red-lining" as it continues to operate above capacity, with growth stifled by high inflation, scarce labour and disrupted supply chains.

Infometrics' latest Quarterly review suggests… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Three wards at Southland Hospital in Invercargill have closed their doors to visitors because of - what the DHB calls - 'multiple COVID-19 exposures'.

They are the Medical, Surgical and… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Low and middle-income New Zealalnder are going to get help to buy an electric car and dump their gas guzzler but will the discounts be enough? Half a billion dollars is being poured into the Clean Car… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Cycling New Zealand chairperson Phil Holden wants athletes traumatised by its high performance programme to come forward.

This follows the latest investigation which has found the organisation failed… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Low and middle-income New Zealalnders are going to get help to buy an electric car and dump their gas guzzler but will the discounts be enough?

Half a billion dollars is being poured into the Clean… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Farmers are not paying a cent towards a new agri-tech centre that will research reducing agricultural emissions.

The government is investing $340 million into the initiative, which will be funded by… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The Government has billed it as an historic turning point - but climate activists don't believe the hype.

The Emissions Reduction Plan has been unveiled, setting out how Ministers intend to spend… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.Farmers are not paying a cent towards a new agri-tech centre that will research reducing agricultural emissions.

The government is investing $340 million into the initiative, which will be funded by… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Climate activists are calling the government's plan to curb emissions, light on detail, full of fluff, and letting the worst polluters off the hook.

The Emissions Reduction Plan has hundreds of pages… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Health workers say they plan to keep fighting if their bosses don't give them a fair pay rise.

Ten thousand allied health workers - that's most of the workforce who aren't doctors, nurses or midwives… Read more Audio

6:07 AM.The Government has billed it as an historic turning point - but climate activists don't believe the hype.

Climate activists are calling the plan mostly fluff and spin - light on details - and far too… Read more Audio