Morning Report for Monday 10 October 2022

8:51 AM.A New Zealand driver has claimed his second Bathurst 1000 victory after taking out the race at Mount Panorama last night.

Shane van Gisbergen repeated his 2020 success, and set a new record of 19… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.We have something of a cliffhanger in the local body elections in Gore.

As things stand, twenty-three-year-old Ben Bell has a narrow 13-vote lead over long-time Gore District mayor Tracy Hicks in… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Invercargill ratepayers are coming to grips with a city without long-serving mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt at the helm.

He was ousted by first term councillor and deputy mayor Nobby Clark in a decisive… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Auckland's new mayor Wayne Brown has arrived at the council offices to begin his first day in the job.

Brown has declined all requests for interviews this morning, but he did speak briefly to… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Nearly half of all New Zealand prisoners - and their families - are in the dark over when they will see one another again.

Seven prisons are shut off from the public with no clear end date as… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Another centre where transport was a core issue of the local election is Christchurch, where Phil Mauger beat former DHB boss David Meates to the mayoralty, by roughly 3000 votes.

The former… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.In Auckland, a lobby group trusts the new mayor to focus on transport projects Aucklanders really want.

Wayne Brown's number one campaign issue was transport with a particular target on the council… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Auckland has spoken and Wayne Brown has been voted its next mayor.

The new local body leader surged into office with a fifty-four-thousand vote lead over his nearest rival, Efeso Collins.

It comes… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.A new bilingual app aimed at helping users improve their mental health goes live today.

The M3 Whānau App, which is billed as being grounded in te ao Māori, offers "mindfulness, meditation, movement… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.New Zealand is under pressure to yield to new European demands over how companies can harvest people's data.

But a lawyer is warning that might well end up heaping costs onto businesses.

Phil… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.The revolving door from politics to the business world is causing a stir.

Less than three months after leaving Parliament, former government minister Kris Faafoi is heading up a new PR and lobbying… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.A former patient tortured at the Lake Alice psychiatric hospital, wants a United Nations representative to come to New Zealand to investigate the Government's response to his claim.

Malcolm Richards… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Tory Whanau has convincingly won the mayoralty race for Wellington.

Her success is a rare highlight for progressives in the local body elections this year with a shift to the centre-right evident… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.The Black Ferns got their women's Rugby World Cup campaign off to a great start on Saturday, beating Australia 41-points-to-17 at Eden Park.

Despite 6000 ticket holders staying home, the 34,235… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Wayne Brown has won the Auckland Mayorality with a promise to "fix Auckland".

He ran a campaign based on financial responsibility and accountability with a focus on tackling transport, crime… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.It wasn't a great weekend for Labour Party candidates in the local body elections, and presumably not a wonderful weekend, either, for their most high-profile backer. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The Prime Minister says comparisons cannot be made between political sentiment at local and central government.

A number of centre-right candidates had success in this weekend's local government… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.Retirement villages say they're baffled by new claims from residents that they're over-charging people and dragging out their contracts.

Residents of the villages are calling the Commerce Commission… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Incoming Dunedin mayor Jules Radich won in a landslide with more than double the votes of the second placed candidate. 

The new leader says he wants to be an inclusive leader, and says his win shows… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.For the first time Wellington and Rotorua have elected a wahine Māori as mayor.

Tory Whanau and Tania Tapsell are among five new Māori mayors starting in their roles today.
       
Ashleigh McCaull… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Auckland's Chamber of Commerce says the newly elected mayor will be a breath of fresh air for businesses in the super city.

Wayne Brown ran on a campaign to fix Auckland, claiming he would improve… Read more Audio