Morning Report for Friday 29 July 2022

8:51 AM.A film re-telling the events of the 2007 police raids in Te Urewera premiered last night at the opening of the New Zealand International Film Festival.

Muru is based around the anti-terrorism powers… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.The body set up to examine miscarriage of justice complaints has still not finished a single investigaton after two years of operation.

But Te Kahui the Criminal Cases Review Commission says it's… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Court cases looking into the way donations are made to political parties have exposed New Zealand's laissez faire laws, according to an associate law professor.

Tim Kuhner from Auckland University… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The South Island has the highest rate of Covid-19 hospitalisations in the country.

Nationally, there's been some cause for optimisim in the outbreak, with case numbers and the weekly hospitalisation… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.The number of teenagers leaving school early has jumped. Almost one in five school leavers in 2021 was under the age of 17, the highest figure in a decade.

One of the worst-affected areas is Taranaki… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.A security expert believes members of the anti-mask movement could be behind the hoax bomb threats made to schools across the country.

Thousands of students were forced to lockdown or evacuate their… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Looking for something spectacular to brighten a cold, dark winter's night?

Well, this weekend might just have something in store with not one, not two, but three meteor showers, combining to provide… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.In Tokelau, a family that has been under tunoa, which roughly translates to house arrest, for 11 months has once again refused to get vaccinated.

Tokelau's government is maintaining tough measures to… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.The head of the Road to Zero programme says there has not been as much improvement to road safety infrastructure as he would like to have seen by now.

Bryan Sherritt from the Ministry of Transport… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Athletes have begun entering Alexander Stadium in Birmingham at the Opening Ceremony for the 22nd Commonwealth Games.

New Zealand's athletes have been led into the stadium by joint flagbearers Joelle… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.One of New Zealand's most popular country musicians, John Grenell, has died at the age of 78.

Known for his smooth voice, John's career began when he was just teenager.

His band 'The Saddleblasters'… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.An importer and distributor of plasterboard doubts whether extra supplies of the vital building product will be enough to meet demand.

An ongoing major shortage the product led to an assurance by the… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.The company that runs the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter has announced it will begin talks with power companies that would see it stay open beyond 2024.

Southland Chamber of Commerce president Neil… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.A forum has heard about the stark risks of governments over-reaching to create national identity databases that will control who gets public services.

Phil Pennington reports. Read more Audio

7:29 AM.Health experts are warning that a big effort is needed to turn around plummeting childhood vaccination rates.

Internationally, first dose vaccinations for measles are at their lowest in more than a… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.An annual monitoring report looking at the Road to Zero road safety strategy has found the police fell short of expectations.

There were 320 deaths on the roads last year, while 2323 people were… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.National and ACT are refusing to support changes to the political donations regime, saying they 'screw the scrum' in favour of the governing Labour party.

A review of electoral laws is common after… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned the US it should abide by the "One China" principle in relation to Taiwan, saying those who play with fire will get burnt.

This follows a two hour phone call… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The Opening Ceremony for the 22nd Commonwealth Games has begun at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.

The city has lit up with parties across its streets.

RNZ sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe spoke… Read more Audio

6:51 AM.Sports Minister and deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says the Government is considering hosting the Games at some point in the future.

Robertson is on his way to the United Kingdom where he will… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.Two-hundred-and-sixty-seven families in Westport moved into temporary housing last year, after their homes were deemed uninhabitable due to flood damage.

Buller mayor Jamie Cleine says of those… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.The National Party says a progress report published on the Government's Road to Zero road safety strategy shows several failings.

The Annual Monitoring Report, sent out by the Ministry of Transport… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Less than half a percent of Hawkes Bay commuters take the bus to work.

Driving's been increasing in the last decade, and that's against national targets to reduce emissions.

So the region wants to… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.At least a dozen schools across the country were disrupted yesterday by a series of bomb threats.

Schools from Palmerston North to Alexandra were sent into lockdown after receiving alarming phone… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.A record number of women are representing New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham which begin on Friday. One of those is track and field athlete, Portia Bing.

Her second Commonwealth… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.The Opening Ceremony for the 22nd Commonwealth Games got underway Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Friday.

RNZ sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe spoke to Corin Dann from a Fan Zone at Victoria… Read more Audio