Morning Report for Monday 14 November 2022

8:51 AM.Opponents of the Mt Messenger bypass project in Taranaki are claiming they've bought an old section of state highway they were trespassed from earlier this month.

They paid Land Information $400 for… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.From lack of motivation to even more dependence on mobile phones, secondary schools are counting the cost of the pandemic. 

Teens and teachers say lockdowns and working from home have made them… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Plenty of Kiwis are still being taken in by online scams.

Financial Services Complaints, a free financial service, says consumers need to be as vigilant as ever when it comes to fraud, following what… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.A man has been critically injured in an assault in Bexley in Christchurch.

Police say they were called to the scene on Pages road about 6.20am on Monday.

Reporter Adam Burns spoke to Corin Dann from… Read more Audio

8:31 AM.If you live in South Auckland, or perhaps Porirua, you might have been woken by wild celebrations yesterday morning.

The Samoan flag was flying high and proud after Toa Samoa stunned hosts England in… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.After a weekend of celebration in Ukraine about newly liberated Kherson, the Ukrainian authorities have imposed a curfew on the city. 

Ukrainian troops took back the city on Saturday after the… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A joint coronial inquest into a murder and a suspected suicide starts in Christchurch this morning. 

Nicole Tuxford was murdered by Paul Tainui in her Christchurch home in 2018, while he was on… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.More than 42,000 people were at Eden Park to watch the Black Ferns win the Rugby World Cup on Saturday night.

Hundreds more were at Te Komititanga Square yesterday for their title winning party.

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7:56 AM.Space ... the final Kiwi frontier.

The first lunar mission to have ever taken off from New Zealand is about to enter the Moon's orbit.

Rocket Lab, a New Zealand/US venture, launched Nasa's Capstone… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.The Prime Minister is positive about what was achieved at the East Asia security summit in Cambodia, despite apparently no progress on what she called the vexed issues facing the region. Having… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Despite an increase in the number of police, the organisation has seen drops almost across the board in its performance measures released in its Annual Report.

The Annual Report lists the police's… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.A world record crowd and a TV audience of many millions around the world witnessed the thrilling end to the women's Rugby World Cup on Saturday night.

Not so long ago Black Ferns matches were played… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.Police have not delivered on their promise in August to radically speed up protecting shops from ram raids, but raids are dropping off anyway.

They promised by now to have assessed about 300 shops.

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7:21 AM.The battle for control of the House of Representatives is now the biggest unanswered question from this year's US midterm elections. 

The Democrats have kept their narrow Senate majority, with… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Sports Minister Grant Robertson has hailed the Black Ferns' world cup victory as a turning point for women's rugby.

Robertson was at the stadium and told our producer Ben Strang the experience was… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Aotearoa is still revelling in the The Black Ferns victory in the Rugby World Cup, beating England 34-31 in one of New Zealand's great sporting moments.

The celebrations started right away.

There… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Electricity generators are delivering "excess dividends" to their shareholders, at a cost to people, the planet and the green economy, according to a new report.

The study, co-authored by FIRST… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Security companies say there is a massive demand for their services and they are struggling to cope in the run up to Christmas.

With hundreds of ramraids in the past year and the festive season just… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.While the Black Ferns won a thrilling Rugby World Cup final on Saturday night, it came amid a remarkable performance from tournament favourites England.

The Red Roses were reduced to 14-players less… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.Rescue shelters are being pushed beyond their limits with a record number of sick and malnourished animals being abandoned.

The rising cost of living has many people struggling to even make ends meet… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 AM.The Black Ferns defied expectations to defend their Rugby World Cup title on home soil with a come-from-behind 34-31 win over England in the final at a sold-out Eden Park on Saturday.

The tournament… Read more Audio