Morning Report for Tuesday 25 October 2022

8:50 AM.A dreadful third quarter from the Silver Ferns saw them drop the fourth and final Constellation Cup match against Australia on Sunday, losing their grip on the trophy.

Up by five goals at halftime… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Almost 130 years ago New Zealand led the world, as the first nation to give women the vote.

It took another 26 years before they could stand for Parliament and a further 14 years before Canterbury… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.The Black Ferns have aced their final test before taking on the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals this weekend, thrashing Scotland 57-points-to-nil on Saturday afternoon.

The New Zealand women will now… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Australia has come under heavy criticism for obstructing United Nations delegates, there to visit prisons and detention centres.

Under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Women will hold the majority of seats in Parliament for the first time ever when Labour MP Soraya Peke-Mason is sworn in today.

Peke-Mason's move to Parliament was announced in June, after news that… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.A Christchurch doctor says GP shortages are causing the longest primary care wait times he's seen.

A person died last week after they left Christchurch Hospital's emergency department during what's… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Rishi Sunak has vowed to bring stability and unity to the UK as the country's next Prime Minister.

The former treasurer is taking over the reins after the brief - but chaotic - tenure of Liz Truss.

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7:48 AM.Central Otago orchardists say the upcoming harvest is looking promising, but there are more challenges ahead.

The RSE scheme for bringing in seasonal workers from the Pacific recently got a boost… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Protesters have been stopping traffic around the capital for the past two weeks blocking the Urban motorway and Transmission Gully as well as abseiling down onto the entrance of Victoria tunnel.

The… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.A mother is furious the government has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars paying for her abusive former partner's vexatious legal claims.

She won a significant Hague Convention international… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.The congress of China's ruling Communist Party is now over, but reverberations from the event look set to be widely felt, not least in New Zealand.

The always highly choreographed political gathering… Read more Audio

7:26 AM. Parliament is on the verge of a significant milestone for women.

In just a few hours' time, women will make up more than fifty percent of seats in the House when Soraya Peke-Mason is sworn in as… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The family of a four-year-old boy who died at Wellington Hospital last month says more should have been done to prevent his death.

Initial autopsy reports indicate Sebby Chua may have died from… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Rishi Sunak will be Britain's next Prime Minister.

The BBC's political correspondent Rob Watson spoke to Māni Dunlop. Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Rishi Sunak will be the UK's next Prime Minister, replacing the country's shortest-serving leader ever, Liz Truss.

The former treasurer will be the third person to lead the country in seven weeks… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.A cold snap is moving up the country beginning with some snow on the Lewis and Arthur's Passes in the South Island.

Following on from that, showers are expected to develop across the West Coast and… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.Rishi Sunak will be the UK's next Prime Minister.

At 42, he will be the youngest British PM in more than 100 years and the first of Asian descent.

The former treasurer's took out the Conservative… Read more Audio