Morning Report for Wednesday 6 July 2022

6:18 AM.Most businesses think the only way is down, according to the latest gloomy findings from the Institute of Economic Research.

Its quarterly survey shows business confidence in Aotearoa has fallen to… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Four people were arrested yesterday after a fight involving gang members on a central Taupō street.

The police seized a gun during the arrests, and bystanders said they saw a firearm being flashed… Read more Audio

7:10 AM."Stark" findings about the poor state of the Wellington region's hospitals have triggered a rush to get a $2 billion plan underway.

Newly released DHB documents show earthquake risks and escalating… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.The Omicron subvariant BA 2.75 has been detected in Aotearoa for the first time, having been found in two people who arrived from India.

The subvariant - nicknamed Centaurus - carries additional… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Eyebrows raised yesterday when ANZ Bank cut its two-year fixed home loan rate - a move that comes at a time when the Reserve Bank's official cash rate is on a steep climb.

The question on the lips of… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.The selflessness and sacrifice of people who risked their lives to save others during the Christchurch terror attack have been honoured at a special awards ceremony in the city.

The Governor-General… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.New research has found a strong link between strep skin infections and rheumatic fever.

University of Otago researchers investigated how streptococcal infections of the throat and skin are the first… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.The National Party says the Government must act quickly to allow immigrant nurses to fill the shortfall of jobs within the health sector.

The party's deputy leader says the health sector is in need… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Migrant nurses could be given a faster path to residency if the Government's current approach to enticing skilled workers doesn't work.

The new Immigration Minister, Michael Wood, told a select… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Schools close for holidays at the end of the week and principals are worried that severe disruption from winter illnesses and covid-19 will be even worse when they reopen.

Staff and student absences… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.A Wellington lawyer says complaints about early advertising for council elections in October are coming from people who don't actually know the rules.

Wellington Mayoral candidate Paul Eagle has been… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.NASA has lost contact with the satellite, the CAPSTONE, which was launched aboard a Rocket Lab rocket from Mahia Peninsula on the 28 June.

Rocket Lab lifted Capstone into a high Earth orbit, before… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.The wet weather is easing in some parts of New South Wales, but authorities say the crisis is far from over.

Flood waters moving downstream are likely to bring further disaster.

This comes as more… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.The captain of the national women's cricket team, the White Ferns, is hailing a new pay agreement announced yesterday which sees equal match payments for women and men.

While the total player… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The Pacific region is tipped to feature heavily in the Prime Minister's foreign policy speech in Australia at the Lowy Institute this week.

The think-tank is where former Foreign Minister Winston… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.The government has scrapped several arts, cultural and heritage funding rounds and replaced them with a single fund to make it easier for people to apply.

The new Cultural Sector Regeneration fund is… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.What's the difference between an ordinary bull and a genetically gifted one?

Well, going by the example of one extraordinary beast named Priests Sierra - it is fathering thousands of calves.

The… Read more Audio