Morning Report for Friday 4 November 2022

8:39 AM.The Black Ferns don't want the underdog tag for tomorrow's Rugby World Cup semi-final against France ... but they do want revenge.

Fresh in their mind is two hefty losses in France, when the teams… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Climate Change Minister James Shaw is among 45,000 people descending on Egypt on Sunday for the UN climate conference, COP 27.

Professor Bronwyn Hayward from Canterbury University says this year's… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A retail leader meanwhile says the popularity of fireworks is continuing to decline. 

Retail New Zealand chief executive Greg Harford says professional public displays have become the preferred… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.With confirmation the large bush fire at Pegasus Bay in Christchurch was caused by fireworks, officials are once again urging the public to be cautious when lighting up for Guy Fawkes.

By law… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The All Blacks haven't lost to Wales since 1953 but given the turbulent year Ian Foster's men are having, nothing can be taken for granted when the teams meet in Cardiff on Sunday Morning.

Foster's… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.An e-bike subscription service is one of the big winners from the Government's transport innovation fund. 

The fund invested in projects that encourage greener transport, mode shift, and road… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.An Auckland council candidate is claiming "skullduggery" cost him the election. 

Will McKenzie lost his election bid for the Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa Ward councillor role this year's local body… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Climate experts are not holding their breath for major breakthroughs in this year's annual UN climate conference. More than 45-thousand people including world leaders and our own Climate Change… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Keep calm and carry on appears to be the advice for homeowners facing the nightmare scenario of negative equity.

People who bought when house prices were skyrocketing but money was cheap are now most… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.The Black Ferns don't want the underdog tag for tomorrow's Rugby World Cup semi-final against France but they do want revenge.

France have had the better of the Black Ferns in their last four… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.A group of Afghan students who learnt English from New Zealand troops say their lives are now in danger and they're pleading with the New Zealand government to help them leave Afghanistan.

Soumya… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Firefighters say they were gutted to learn a blaze north of Christchurch was sparked by fireworks.
 
By last night, the fire had burned through more than 180 hectares of pine forest and scrub along… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.People in North Canterbury's Pegasus Bay are relieved to be home a day after a fast moving scrub and forest fire threatened homes and animals.

They're frustrated and annoyed the huge disruption was… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been shot at a protest march.

He was addressing hundreds of his supporters, demanding snap elections be held in Pakistan, when he was shot in the leg.

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6:49 AM.A birthing centre in Hutt Valley is set to reopen after a 15 month closure - but for post-natal care instead. 

Te Whatu Ora will take over the mothballed Te Awakairangi Birthing Centre and next year… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.The Kiwis have strolled through the pool stage of the men's Rugby League World Cup in the UK but the stakes rise this weekend when they face Fiji in the quarter-finals.

Fiji famously toppled New… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.Six months after first catching a falling rocket part in mid-air - via a helicopter - Rocket Lab wants to repeat the feat again this weekend except this time do it better.

The company only partly… Read more Audio