Morning Report for Thursday 8 December 2022

8:52 AM.There was a festive vibe at the New Plymouth Community Foodbank's Christmas Drive this week with many volunteers in seasonal costume and holiday tunes blaring out over loudspeakers.

But that couldn't… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.The government is giving a further $6 million to the cash-strapped Ruapehu Alpine Lifts to help the company avoid collapse.

The Minister for Economic and Regional Development Stuart Nash says the… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.A top lawyer embroiled in a long dispute with the Law Society's disciplinary committee wants a complete overhaul of the profession's complaints system calling it broken. 

The High Court ruled two… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Wairarapa Māori in a landmark case, which could potentially require the Crown to return hundreds of hectares of land occupied by the Maraetai Power Station in… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.With less than two weeks until State Highway 6 between Nelson and Blenheim is due to reopen, contractors are working long hours to complete repairs on the flood-damaged road.. 

The repair bill is… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.Starship hospital doctors will be preparing for the life-saving heart surgery on a baby who's now under the guardianship of the High Court.

Te Whatu Ora took the case to court because the parents… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.A medical lawyer and former nurse says the court followed well established laws in taking temporary guardianship of a baby while it undergoes surgery and post-operative recovery.

The child's parents… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.About 1000 competitors have gathered in Hamilton for the Special Olympics National Summer Games which open at 4pm on Thursday.

The four-yearly event, run over five-days, is part of a world-wide… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Hair loss treatment company Ashley and Martin has been fined more than $350,000 for unsubstantiated marketing claims about its work.

The company had claimed its treatment, which costs up to $5000… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.Terrible weather and stark new sea level rise data has led to a surge in public concern about the impacts of climate change in the Capital.

It has also prompted Wellington authorities to take another… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.A cancer diagnosis should be an open kōrero between doctor and patient. But for one Māori woman, it was a two-minute, one way phone call. 

In part four of an in-depth series on Māori health, RNZ… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Police have caught twice as many people speeding on mobile speed cameras this year than last.

New road policing offence figures show the 376,000 drivers caught have been stung with more than $12m in… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Z Energy, owner of the dodgy shipment of aviation fuel, says their next shipment will arrive by 12 December at the latest. 

Airlines are being forced to ration their fuel allowance at Auckland… Read more Audio

7:08 AM.Starship hospital doctors will be preparing for the life-saving heart surgery on a baby who's now under the guardianship of the High Court.

Te Whatu Ora took the case to court because the parents… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Maritime Unions say Z Energy's jet fuel debacle has exposed a predictable weakness in New Zealand's fuel supply. 

Airlines are being forced to ration their fuel allowances at Auckland Airport, after… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.The National Party says airlines being forced to conserve jet fuel due to a dud fuel shipment is another blow for festive season travel.

Airlines are rationing their aviation fuel allowance at… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.German police have  searched one hundred and thirty sites across the country and arrested twenty-five people on suspicions of plotting to overthrow the government.

A number of those arrested or still… Read more Audio