Morning Report for Tuesday 6 December 2022

8:50 AM.The Commerce Commission has just released its Final Report into the Building Products Market.

Business reporter Anan Zaki spoke to Corin Dann. 
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8:43 AM.A Māori woman who needed a refill of her essential diabetes medication says she was called fat and told to 'get a job' by her doctor instead of getting her prescription.

In part two of an in-depth… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Hamilton West voters will head to the polls this Saturday for the by-election triggered by former Labour MP Gaurav Sharma, when he resigned from Parliament in October.

People aren't rushing out to… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.The head of a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic response says the review needs to put New Zealand in better position to respond next time a pandemic hits.

Professor Tony Blakely… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Construction on the world's largest scientific instrument - a telescope - has begun.

The Square Kilometere Array Observatory is a network of radio antenna spread across two continents - Australia and… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.New Zealand is set to lose its place as a host on the World Sevens Series after the Hamilton Sevens in January. 

World Rugby is launching a remodelled competition in December 2023, will include seven… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Documents show Oranga Tamariki has has been stumbling towards budget blowouts with loose and patchy financial controls.

Its shortcomings in protecting children have been the subject of more than a… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.A young woman claims her rheumatologist sexually assaulted her and for months exercised extreme control over her diet regime - triggering an eating disorder and suicidal thoughts.

She's claimed… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Russia has hit back at a price cap on its crude oil implemented by Western allies on Friday.

The cap of sixty US dollars per barrel is mean to curb Russia's ability to spend on the war in Ukraine.

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7:27 AM.Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is proposing a below-inflation rates rise of 4.66 percent - while at the same time claiming the city's facing a debt crisis. 

The full details have not been released… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Te Whatu Ora is back in court today asking the court to take guardianship of a baby whose parents don't want him to be treated with blood from a Covid-19 vaccinated person.

The four-month old… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.National, ACT and New Zealand First have all made gains in the latest 1News Kantar political poll.

National is up one to 38 percent and ACT is on 11 - up 2.

Together they could comfortably form a… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.The Government has announced details of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into its Covid-19 response.

The Prime Minister says it's the right thing to do, given the Covid-19 emergency was the most… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The government is hoping the Royal Commission into its Covid-19 response will provide the strongest possible playbook for any future pandemic.

The Prime Minister has announced the terms of reference… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.There are concerns Te Whatu Ora has ignored Asian health needs in a report about sector transformation.

At the last census Asians were 16 percent of the population, and this is forecast to reach 26… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.A Pasifika health leader hopes the Royal Commission into the Covid-19 pandemic will delve into the "mainstream, white New Zealand" response initially taken by the government.

The Government has… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.Epidemiologist Michael Baker says a Royal Commission into the response to the Covid-19 pandemic is necessary, and he's been calling for one for around two years.

Officially titled the 'Royal… Read more Audio