Morning Report for Tuesday 26 July 2022

8:53 AM.The Birtish Conservative Party leadership debate has begun.

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss are battling it out to become the leader of the party and ultimately… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.The construction of a new highway between Manawatū and Hawke's Bay is facing Covid-19 disruption and wet winter weather.

But those in charge of the long-awaited route over the hills say progress is… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.New Zealand swimmer Lewis Clareburt has come through Covid-19 and food poisoning to find great form ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Clareburt managed an impressive fourth place at the… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Tauranga's new MP is calling on the Port of Tauranga and local iwi to come to an agreement on how the port can expand.

Sam Uffindell wants the expansion to happen urgently saying the port has two… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Māori data specialists accuse the government of ignoring them while going ahead and  expanding the reach of facial recognition technology. 

IT in use for three years at Internal Affairs is being… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.The Electoral Act is clearly not fit for purpose according to a constitutional law expert, and the Government needs to urgently close legal loopholes in the political party donation rules.

Wellington… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.More rain forecast for the lower North Island is worrying a community hit by severe slips last week.

Two families in Stokes Valley were evacuated from their homes on Thursday night after they were… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.In Northland, it has been a case of water water everywhere. While the heavy rain and strong wind warnings have been lifted, surface flooding and high tides are still severely affecting the roads.

The… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.All eyes are now turning to the South Island as the bad weather moves in - again.

The front is making its way down the motu after hiting Northland yesterday leaving it soggy with slips and flooding -… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A human clinical trial of a potentially life enhancing gene therapy has started thanks to some very special sheep from Lincoln University.

Batten disease is a devastating neurological condition which… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.School principals have been vocal in their warnings about the health and wellbeing of children and staff this winter, after the third term began yesterday.

But new data revealed by the Educational… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Political analyst Dr Bryce Edwards says the leadership battle rocking the Green Party is still anyone's game.

James Shaw is the only declared candidate so far for the co-leadership and his likely… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Pope Francis apologised for the Catholic Church's role in decades of abuse of indigenous children in Canada this morning.

Indigenous leaders have long called for a papal apology for the physical… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The government's being told to urgently close a legal loophole in the rules for political party donations that experts say make this country ripe for overseas exploitation.

It's been brought to a… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Police have new information in the unsolved murder of Canterbury teenager Kirsty Bently, and now believe her killer was likely to have been a cannabis user living in Ashburton.

The Canterbury… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Wild weather is expected to continue moving across the South today, and in Canterbury local Civil Defence will be moving to assist the locals cope with periods of hard rain that's expected to continue… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.People across the country are waking up to heavy rain this morning. Weather warnings have now lifted across Northland, Auckland, but the Bay of Plenty isn't expected to escape that until later this… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.The first debate between the two candidates vying to become Britain's next Prime Minister will take place this morning.

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss will go… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Heavy rain is hitting the South Island, as wild weather that yesterday wreaked havoc at the top of the country makes its way south.

Heavy rain warnings have been lifted across Northland and… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.Ukraine says its first exports of grain could leave its Black Sea ports within days under a UN brokered deal with Russia.

Russia fired missiles on Ukraine's main port of Odesa over the weekend… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Free market think tank the New Zealand Initiative has denounced the Reserve Bank, and other central banks for making what it says are serious mistakes which led to inflation getting out of control.

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6:09 AM.Heavy rain is hitting the South Island, as wild weather that yesterday wreaked havoc at the top of the country makes its way south.

Heavy rain warnings have been lifted across Northland and… Read more Audio