Morning Report for Monday 17 October 2022

8:44 AM.A new digital feature called Find Fair being launched today aims to help people cut through the 'woke-washing' when shopping online.

It's a Google Chrome extension which flags products considered to… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.The women's Rugby World Cup has just finished its second round of matches, and two of the favourites served up a tense encounter in Whangarei on Saturday.

England proved themselves as tournament… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.The Black Ferns have secured two wins from two games at the Rugby World Cup and booked a place in the quarterfinals with a game in hand.

The defending champions beat Wales 56-12 in Waitakere… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.New Zealand's netballers have gone two-nil-up in the Constellation Cup series, beating Australia 52-48 in Tauranga last night.

Shooter Grace Nweke couldn't miss for the Silver Ferns, making 37 from… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Westpac is telling wholesalers to embrace new technologies and meet rising customer expectations if they want to thrive in a one hundred and thirty eight -billion-dollar $138bn industry. Research… Read more Audio

8:18 AM."It's too late to leave".

Residents who've chosen to stay in some of the hardest-hit areas in Victoria's flooding crisis are now being told to head to higher ground.

Almost 70 emergency warnings are… Read more Audio

8:10 AM."To be or not to be?", that is the question, and as far as Shakespeare is concerned, Creative New Zealand says the answer is "not".

The arts funding body has pulled its support from a popular Sheilah… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Female-led anti-government protests in Iran are continuing to roil the nation.

The disturbances first erupted last month when anger over the death in police custody of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Winston Peters used his party conference to rail against the labour government saying it is pursuing "woke, virtue signalling madness", and a "separatist agenda".

He says the government's agenda is… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The new UK chancellor has insisted that the Prime Minister should remain in leadership despite turmoil in the financial markets since she took office.

Liz Truss has come under fire for sacking her… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The police are looking to a hugely profitable US taser maker for new ways to capture sensitive criminal evidence and store it overseas.

They are also considering getting new stun guns, and possibly… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.More than $240 million have been returned to the Provincial Growth Fund from projects that got canned.

Some couldn't comply with the funding conditions or criteria.

But in most cases the applicants… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.A 70 year old woman in remission from incurable cancer has won a promise from ACC that she won't have to battle for treatment when the disease inevitably comes back.

Leonie Metcalfe has pre-approval… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Jacinda Ardern's former deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters, has unleashed a withering attack on the Labour Government in his closing address at the New Zealand First annual conference.

Peters said… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.There's concern for the future of many marae buildings across the country, with the vast majority of them considered earthquake prone.

One expert is worried many aren't aware of the risk, while many… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Winston Peters has declared next year's election the most important in voters' lifetimes, as he gears up for a comeback from his 2020 disaster result.

New Zealand First held its annual conference in… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.The Majestic Princess glided into the Port of Tauranga over the weekend, with over 3560 passengers on-board.

It was a momentous occasion met with fanfare from businesses, as the first cruise ship on… Read more Audio