Morning Report for Wednesday 29 June 2022

6:18 AM.The Green Party says Aotearoa has little to brag about at a United Nations Conference focused on protecting oceans.

The Oceans and Fisheries Minister will speak at the conference in Portugal, to try… Read more Audio

6:26 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:42 AM.A brief update from the RNZ sports team about racism in Formula One.  Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Wellington residents have had their say in an annual survey to gauge the performance of the city's council - and not all of it is flattering.

The council-run survey - taken in February, during the… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.The US Supreme Court's decision to make abortion illegal has sparked digital security concerns in the US and around the world.

Law enforcement can now order tech companies to provide users' internet… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.A surprise hearing by the US Congressional Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots has been taking place this morning with some extraordinary testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson who was a… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Rocket Lab has successfully launched the NASA's CAPSTONE spacecraft from the Mahia Peninsula in Hawke's Bay.

It's the first step in NASA's mission to send humans back to the moon..

The launch… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Police emails seen by RNZ reveal officers planned to hide "ninja style" close to Shargin Stephens' house late at night to try and catch him breaching bail.

The emails show police planned random and… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.

Epstein killed himself in a New York… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.A second power shortage warning in six days was issued by Transpower on Tuesday.

The grid operator was forced to ask suppliers to boost generation because of expected high demand last night.

The… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.NATO's secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says Turkey has agreed to support Finland and Sweden's NATO membership.

Turkey had until today vetoed the two countries joining the security alliance.

Jens… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The overturning of Roe v Wade in the United States continues to make political waves in New Zealand.

National MP and social conservative Simon O'Connor has served up a mea culpa to his caucus… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Schools in Northland and Auckland are tackling truancy by hiring people to knock on doors and talk directly to families.

Principals say they want to support parents and caregivers to get their… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.The leaders of New Zealand and Spain have agreed to significantly boost the number of young people who can live and work in each country.

Jacinda Ardern and Pedro Sanchez met in Madrid overnight, on… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Nearly 30 per cent of adults experienced crime once or more last year, according to the Ministry of Justice's annual New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey.

The survey of more than 6000 randomly… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.US President Joe Biden says fifty people dying in a truck in Texas shows the need to take down the multi-billion dollar criminal smuggling industry.

The migrants were trapped in the truck, with no… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.The Hawke's Bay District Health Board has been called out for racism, after a review highlighting how it treats Maori and Pasifika patients.

This follows another review that found wahine and whanau… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.The Oceans and Fisheries Minister is taking to the world stage to lay out Aotearoa's plan to protect the oceans.

David Parker is speaking at the second United Nations Ocean Conference in Portugal, to… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.New Zealanders want greater accountability from social-media companies to stop harmful and inappropriate content from being circulated.

A Classification Office report said 83 percent of people are… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.The borders are open, the airports are buzzing and long-haul travel is about to get a whole lot cozier.

Air New Zealand is unveiling new cabins, seats and even beds - promising they'll let travellers… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.The Silver Ferns will have a new face on the courts for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Kate Heffernan - who represented New Zealand in cricket in 2018 - is poised to make her debut after being named in… Read more Audio