Morning Report for Tuesday 24 May 2022

8:55 AM.The former president of the Maori Women's Welfare League and Kapa Haka advocate, Dame Aroha Reriti-Crofts, will be laid to rest today at her urupa near Kaiapoi. Ashleigh McCaull reports. Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Safe sex advocates want an effective HIV prevention drug funded for all immigrants not just those who are eligible for subsidised health care. PrEP reduces the risk of being infected with HIV by up to… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Public and community-run cemeteries around the country are struggling to recruit staff and volunteers. One volunteer at a Christchurch cemetary is holding the fort alone, and he, like many others, are… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Climate change is being blamed for more than 40 little blue penguins washing up dead over a week at a Far North Beach. Charlotte Cook has the story. Read more Audio

8:34 AM.Emails show senior Fire and Emergency managers played down the risks to crews and homes when a dodgy firetruck froze up at a big house fire in Wellington. Phil Pennington investigates. Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Nine wannabes are contesting the Auckland mayoralty this October. We've heard a lot from Efeso Collins Viv Beck and Leo Molloy but what about the rest? Jonty Dine reports. Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Scientists who've been on a month-long expedition to Tonga to map the impact of January's record-breaking volcanic eruption have made some surprising discoveries. The researchers expected to find… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.An international affairs expert believes the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework could cause its allied countries to cut trade ties with China. We hear from Robert Ayson, who is a professor of… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Today marks 140 years since the first shipment of frozen New Zealand lamb made it to London. No mean feat, the successful shipment paved the way for what is now a billion dollar export industry… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.A New Zealand study has found that overweight four-year-olds are less heavy than they used to be. What's more, the healthy downward trend is happening across all ethnic groups and socio-economic… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Roads and Māori health got the most attention at the first candidates debate ahead of next month's Tauranga by-election. A small well-behaved crowd of about 50 gathered last night to hear what… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.New Zealand is sending 30 troops to Britain to train Ukrainian soldiers in how to use a type of howitzer over the next couple of months. About 230 Ukraine soldiers will be trained. The gesture may put… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.An internal review of ACC's new 74 million dollar case management system finds the benefits are still unclear and it's uncertain whether the expected savings of almost half a billion dollars will be… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.Families are worried for their elderly relatives as rest homes restrict admissions to new patients because of a shortage of nurses. A survey of those running homes managing 22-thousand beds has found… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Police and others who showed exceptional courage and humanity in response to the Christchurch terror attacks will be recognised at a private awards ceremony this morning. Fifty-nine police staff will… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.A court in Ukraine has sentenced a Russian tank commander to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian. This is the first trial for war crimes to take place since Russia invaded Ukraine three… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.For more on how the new Framework may affect US dealings in the Asia and Pacific regions, we heard from our Washington DC correspondent Kate Fisher. Read more Audio

7:09 AM.New Zealand has joined an economic alliance of Asia-Pacific nations, which the United States hopes will counter China's dominance and boost its own influence in the region. More than a dozen countries… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.US President Joe Biden has ignited a firestorm by claiming that the US will intervene militarily if China launches an attack on Taiwan. It was the most outspoken that any US President has been on the… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.An international affairs expert says our deployment of a further 30 defence force personnel to Britain to train Ukranian soldiers will be a strong selling point for the Prime Minister's visit to the… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.The Prime Minister is en route to the United States on a whirlwind trade mission - but a visit to the White House is still to be confirmed. Jacinda Ardern will travel to multiple cities, meeting with… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.A Russian diplomat to the United Nations has quit over the war in Ukraine, calling it "bloody, witless and absolutely needless". Boris Bondarev says he has never "been so ashamed of my country"… Read more Audio