Morning Report for Monday 3 October 2022

8:52 AM.The Rally of New Zealand returned to our shores for the first time in 10 years.

Thirteen thousand spectators came out to watch the final stage on Sunday at Jack's Ridge near Auckland.

Finland's… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A New Plymouth mayoral candidate is calling on the council to honour a commitment it gave to help a family caught in a six-year wrangle with a property developer.

Victoria and Tim Coleman say the… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The United States is looking to make good on its newfound commitment to this region by rolling out an ambitious new road map for the island-nations of the South Pacific.

The American government has… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Russia has been voted off the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization.

It's seen partly as retaliation for bombing airports in Ukraine and violating other international aviation… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.New Zealand basketball star Steven Adams has signed a two year, $25 million contract extension with his NBA team the Memphis Grizzlies.

Adams joined the team last year after being traded from the New… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.A New Zealand Herald reporter says he is still waiting for an apology from the Auckland mayoral candidate, Wayne Brown, for comments Brown made about him.

Brown was caught on camera saying, if… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Portia Woodman has done it all.

The Black Ferns star has won two Sevens World Cups, a 15s World Cup, claimed numerous awards and broken multiple records.

The veteran speedster isn't planning on… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Parts of Te Waipounamu could be hit by a rare spring snowfall this week as an icy front from Antarctica moves up the country.

Snow could fall to sea level in Christchurch and Banks Peninsula on… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.A new property price report shows the market is still favouring buyers, with a continued decline in the national average asking price.

The average price is down 7.2 percent from the start of the year… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.The remains of more than 60 Māori and Moriori have finally been returned, after more than 70 years of appeals and negotiations. 

Many of the kōiwi had been stolen by a notorious Austrian grave… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The mobile phone company Spark is keeping customers' valuable geographic location data for seven years, five years longer than the US average.

2degrees did not say how long it keeps it - but that it… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.A Dunedin woman has described living in a freezing shed with a gravel floor after being evicted from emergency housing.

She is one the dozens who've come forward to the Human Rights Commission, after… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.A heavily pregnant woman in her 20s, and her unborn child, died at Palmerston North Hospital after hours of delay admitting her to intensive care.

The coroner is investigating the deaths which… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The Prime Minister is waiting on advice from officials about whether restrictions on imports and exports to Russia could be further tightened.

The Government has condemned Russia's self-proclaimed… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.A ram raid on the Kapiti Coast has left a shop owner fuming after months of lobbying to get bollards installed.

Seven young people were arrested early on Sunday morning after smashing into the front… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.Staffing shortages and reduced airline capacity are hampering businesses as they attempt to brush the cobwebs off their mothballed operations.

Business owners in West Coast glacier towns are working… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.Days after Putin declared the Ukrainian city of Lyman was Russia's forever, it has been retaken by Ukrainian forces.

Capturing the city in the Donetsk region is Kyiv's most significant battlefield… Read more Audio