Morning Report for Thursday 6 October 2022

8:56 AM.Firefighters have lifted a ban on a big fire truck that keeps breaking down.

The last time there were problems was when it was attending a house fire.

The sorry saga of the Newtown aerial truck has… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Mobile phones are ubiquitous - they're our contact books, calendars, communicators and constant companions.

But the message from commentators is clear: Use them, without letting them use you.

Kate… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded for research into quantum mechanics - the science that describes nature at its smallest scale.

The award went to a French, American and Austrian trio… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Snow update from Rakiura/ Stewart Island. Read more Audio

8:35 AM.A contestant on TVNZ's 'FBoy Island' will be edited out, after it was found he faced a suffocation charge in 2021.

Wayde Moore was found not guilty, but the debacle has reignited a furore about the… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Some homeowners are feeling a heavy strain as a result of interest rate hikes, with the Official Cash Rate lifted a further 50-basis points yesterday, to 3.5 percent.

The hike was expected, and is… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Former National Party MP Jami-Lee Ross says he's grateful a High Court judge has accepted his innocence, after being found not guilty of charges related to political donations.

But three other people… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Snow and ice is causing some disruption for travellers throughout the South Island in the middle of the school holidays.

South Island journey manager Tresca Forrester gave RNZ another update. Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Snow has fallen down to sea level in Christchurch and Dunedin is covered in white after the polar front hit the motu.  

Metservice has warned the freezing temperatures could cause stress for… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The Education Ministry is planning to fund 350 fewer teachers next year as a result of falling student numbers.

The Ministry has based its funding on forecast student enrolments for 2023, and much of… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Children's Commissioner Judge Frances Eivers says it should be mandatory for Oranga Tamariki to investigate every report of suspected child abuse.

It comes after the Chief Ombudsman released a… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The Official Cash Rate has been lifted for the eighth consecutive time, up 50 basis points to 3.5 percent. The hike was expected as the Reserve Bank attempts to combat rising inflation.

Infometrics… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Former National MP Jami-Lee Ross has been cleared of fraud charges that emerged out of an investigation he sparked four years ago.

Ross was charged with obtaining by deception after dropping… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The Finance Minister won't rule out tax cuts before returning the government books to surplus. 

The government posted a better than expected financial result yesterday with a $9.7 billon deficit.

… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Christchurch's Banks Peninsula has been dealt with another round of extreme weather with a significant coating of snow falling overnight.

Twenty centimetres of snow has fallen in the higher areas… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Metservice says the worst of the cold snap is hitting the southern and eastern areas of the country.

Snow has fallen from Invercargill up to the Desert Road in the Central North Island. 

In… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The country has well and truly moved into a second surge of cold air in an unusual spring cold snap.

Snow has fallen in some areas of the South Island and some coastal areas have received a dusting… Read more Audio

6:52 AM.Staff at Oranga Tamariki have voted to take industrial action over low wages and unsafe workloads.

It comes as a major Ombudsman report found the state agency failed to do even a bare minimum to… Read more Audio

6:51 AM.Billionaire Elon Musk has apparently changed his mind about buying Twitter, again, and is now willing to proceed with his takeover of the social media platform.

In a letter to the firm, Mr Musk… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.A snow warning for Remutaka Hill Road could cause mass disruption for Wellington commuters. 

Metlink had replaced trains with buses this week for planned maintenance - but if Remutaka Hill Road is… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.It's a snowy start in Dunedin this morning, with a heavy downfall expected until nine o'clock.

A second Antarctic front has brought a fresh flurry overnight, falling across the Southern and Eastern… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.The usual sights of lambs and flowers blossoming for spring has been swapped out for snow this morning for farmers in many places. 

The late season polar blast hit Southland yesterday, but Wairarapa… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.A polar blast hitting southern and eastern areas of the country has dumped snow from Invercargill up to the Desert Road in the central North Island.

Metservice has been forecasting up to 15… Read more Audio