Morning Report for Tuesday 5 July 2022

6:15 AM.Employers are having to dig deeper into their pockets to attract talent - especially in the regions.

Data from TradeMe for the June quarter shows wages are continuing to shoot up, with the national… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.To Wimbledon, where it's day eight of the tennis championships.

Australian Nick Kyrgios won against American Brandon Nakashima to reach the quarter-finals American 11th seed Taylor Fritz is also… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.Latest figures show Tairāwhiti has the highest hazardous drinking rate in the country. 

The report published by Alcohol Healthwatch points out nearly half of those who drink alcohol in the region can… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The country's biggest salmon exporter is desperate to start farming in the open ocean away from warming coastal waters that are killing thousands of its fish.

A record breaking marine heatwave has… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.A young woman claims a senior male gynaecologist asked if he "had a chance with her" as he carried out a vaginal examination.

She says a female nurse, who was also in the room, did not say anything… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.More and more vulnerable people are entering rest-homes with hospital-level needs, according to new research.

The New Zealand Aged Care Association found people are waiting far too long to get the… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The Prime Minister says she's heading into a trade mission in Australia with "realistic" expectations about progress on 501 deportees. Jacinda Ardern is touring Melbourne and Sydney this week to… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Occupiers of potentially quake prone buildings are being told that scoring a low safety rating shouldn't necessarily mean they have to evacuate the building.

Officials have fast-tracked the release… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Humanity is one small step closer to returning to the Moon this morning, thanks in part to some of New Zealand's top scientific minds.

Last night Rocket Lab successfully released NASA's CAPSTONE… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.The weather system that has caused havoc in Australia is heading to our shores.

MetService says the northern and central parts of the country will have a wet week followed by more rain on the… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The Transport Agency plans to spend more than $50 million tackling risks to its outdated technology that have been rated "critical" for years.

Internal reports show it has so far managed to overhaul… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.The old State Highway 3 through the Manawatū Gorge is closed to traffic for good - but it may be given a new life for walkers, cyclists and horse riders.

The road was closed because of potential… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Māori organisations across the country are working to get whānau into their own homes. 

The latest census data shows just 31 percent of Māori own homes, compared to 58 percent of Pākehā. 

Hundreds… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Some Qantas passengers are furious at being forced to spend a night at Christchurch airport after their Wellington bound flight was diverted there because the plane arrived past Wellington airport's… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Young children don't have much to smile about when dealing with the dental system.

A paper out of Otago University says urgent and redical change is needed to address the declining dental health of… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.A group of unions, charities and community groups being led by the MindtheGap campaign is urging that employers be required by law to report gender and ethnic paygaps.

MindTheGap says an analysis of… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.A well established Auckland barbershop has hung up its razors after struggling to get visas for overseas trained staff, despite the working holiday scheme re-opening.

Immigration says 1120 people… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.British vampires, beware... as of last week someone in the UK is on the loose with a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit. The wooden chest – which contains crucifixes, holy water, a stake and a pistol –… Read more Audio