Morning Report for Tuesday 18 October 2022

8:46 AM.A mass walkout was staged at the Abuse in Care inquiry yesterday, after comments from Cardinal John Dew - New Zealand's most senior member of the clergy.

John Dew had reiterated comments from Father… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.The former Catholic Bishop of Auckland has come under intense questioning at the Abuse in Care Inquiry over recommending a priest, who had three allegations made against him, for a teaching job.

The… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Creative New Zealand's decision to not to approve a funding application from a popular secondary-school Shakespeare festival is becoming a bit of a Shakespearean tragedy in its own right.

From left… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Weather-related insurance claims - like severe weather events themselves - are on the rise.

An insurance industry Wild Weather Tracker reveals that 69 percent of New Zealanders are concerned about… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The Government is considering extending the Covid-19 Act, which gives politicians the power to impose restrictions to counter the Covid-19 virus.

However, a spokesman for Prime Minister Jacinda… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.There's yet to be any word on what action - if any - the government will take in response to a scathing report on the state of Middlemore Hospital.

A review into the death of a woman after she left… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Systemic failures such as at Middlemore Hospital's ED are rife among urgent care clinics too, according to industry leaders.

A review into the death of a woman after she left the hospital's… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has ditched almost all of Prime Minister Liz Truss' tax cuts announced in the British government's mini-budget three weeks ago.

He announced the basic rate of income tax… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.The latest inflation figures out today are expected to show a fall from the current 32 year high of 7.3 percent. 

The former Reserve Bank Governor, Don Brash, was the banker who helped tame inflation… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.A former Auckland councillor who liaised with Watercare has rubbished the incoming mayor's demands for the water management company to immediately stop work on Three Waters.

Mayor Wayne Brown is… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.An emergency department leader says the increased overcrowding at EDs has been happening year on year and is entirely predictable.

A report into Middlemore Hospital's ED found only half of all… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.New Zealand's inflation rate is expected to show its first decline in nearly two years today - but an economist warns price pressures are going to prove hard to quell quickly.

The Consumer Price… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The annual inflation rate is expected to fall from a 32 year high today, - but there's no relief in sight for supermarket stress.

The latest Consumer Price Index numbers will be released on Tuesday… Read more Audio

6:52 AM.Sixteen pest detection dogs will be testing their abilities to bark up the 'right' trees at conservation camp.

Auckland Council's biosecurity dog team are spending the week on Motutapu Island, to… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.China's most consequential political meeting in decades is underway, with President Xi Jinping poised to take on an unprecedented third term.

The week long Communist Party's Congress opened on Sunday… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.One plant every four seconds - that's how many were put in the ground across the Wellington region over the winter planting season.

The number of plants sowed between June and August this year hit… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Russia has attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with a wave of Iranian-made explosive drones.

Several buildings were hit in the central city, in the same area that was targeted exactly a week ago.

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6:08 AM.UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has ditched almost all of Prime Minister Liz Truss' tax cuts announced in the British government's mini-budget three weeks ago.

He announced the basic rate… Read more Audio