Morning Report for Friday 7 October 2022

8:53 AM.Morning Report presenter Susie Ferguson marked her last day in her role on Friday.

Ferguson started in 2014 alongside Guyon Espiner and will be moving on to a new role with RNZ.

During the eight… Read more Video, Audio

8:40 AM.It's now time for our weekly political panel, where we digest the week in politics.

RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch and Stuff's political editor Luke Malpass spoke to Corin Dann and Susie… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.More than a thousand competitors have gathered in Waitangi for a weekend of long-distance waka ama paddling.

It's the most participants the competition has ever seen -- with some of the races seeing… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.There are many local election candidates who have links to misinformation groups and are believers of conspiracy theories.

A not-for-profit group called FACT Aotearoa has been working hard to inform… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.The National Party is calling a second gang-related police raid of a rehabilitation facility a failure of the justice system.

On Thursday police siezed almost half a kilogram of meth, $5000 in cash… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The race for the Auckland mayoralty is shaping up to be a close one, with polls indicating it will be either Efeso Collins or Wayne Brown will claim the chains.

With the contest so tight… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.With voting for local body elections closing by midday tomorrow, how are are towns and cities tracking with voter turnout?

Election NZ chief electoral officer Warwick Lampp spoke to Corin Dann.
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7:41 AM.The director of a rehabilitation centre says she had no warning ahead of a police raid at the facility yesterday.

Nga Kete Wananga Solutions, a kaupapa Māori residential facility, was swarmed by… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.A crowd of up to 40,000 people are expected to fill Eden Park for the triple-header opener of the women's Rugby World Cup tomorrow.

The event was delayed a year due to Covid-19, but now that it's… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The ninth edition of the women's Rugby World Cup is set to be its most competitive ever.

New Zealand has dominated women's rugby, winning five of the seven World Cups they've taken part in, but for… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Fuel companies are warning higher petrol prices are on the way this summer.

The added pain at the pump is expected due to a cut in global oil production, and sanctions on Russian marine oil tankers… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Retirement village residents are calling on the Commerce Commission to investigate unfair rules.

They say retirement villages charge excessive fees and take too long to return deposits, among other… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.A new report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment was released yesterday.

It found a 50 percent increase in forestry would be required by 2050 to achieve the temperature reduction… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.A report from Te Ara Ahunga Ora, The Retirement Commission, says many New Zealanders are "sleep walking" into retirement and won't make the most of their Kiwisaver funds.

The report found more… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.There's no snow to wake up to today but it'll still be a frosty start across much of the country.

Thursday's icy movement left a thin coating to sea level in Dunedin and the higher parts of… Read more Audio