Morning Report for Tuesday 17 January 2023

8:57 AM.Scientists may soon be able to answer long-standing questions about the stars in the Milky Way. 

That's because of new images captured by Australia's two largest radio telescopes, which show our… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.
It's been a hundred days since newly elected mayors rolled up their sleeves and started working on their campaign promises.

But many of those taking over face old challenges.

While budget cuts… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Baking star Erin Docherty tells us how a video of butter being piped through a cake whipped up a "social media storm". Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Tennis star and top Australian Open men's seed, Rafael Nadal, was a bit rusty in his first match of the grand slam yesterday, needing four sets to beat Britain's Jack Draper and progress to the second… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.A big fix is coming for the new Transmission Gully motorway out of Wellington. 

There have been reports of cell phone black spots on the road since it opened, which presented a risk for drivers and… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.The local Nepalese community remains in mourning for the victims of the country's worst air disaster in three decades.

At least 68 people died in the weekend when a flight from Kathmandu to the… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Italy's most-wanted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has been arrested in Sicily after 30 years on the run.

Mr Denaro was reportedly detained in a private clinic in Sicily's capital, Palermo, where… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Food banks around the country say they've had a flood of demand on re-opening this year and it's not just the homeless needing help.

City Missions say people who have jobs but can't afford their… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.Cyclone Hale may have passed but there is still some danger for swimmers. 

The cyclone caused severe erosion at several beaches around the Coromandel, which damaged dunes and public accessways. 

… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.The cleanup effort is still underway in Gisborne Tairāwhiti after Cyclone Hale, but there could be more damage to come. 

Metservice is closely monitoring a subtropical low moving toward the East… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Defending champion Rafael Nadal shrugged off a rocky build-up to reach the Australian Open second round with a four-set win over an ailing Jack Draper while women's top seed and title favourite Iga… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Preparations are now well underway for the next Eurovision Song Contest, which this year will be held in Britain, where it will be co-hosted by Ukraine.

The contest brings together not only nations… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.It's out with the old and in with the older for the Australian rugby team.

With less than eight months until the World Cup in France, the Wallabies have sacked their coach, New Zealander Dave Rennie… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The government wants to keep a strong focus on trade this year, in what it says will be a time of strong headwinds for exporters and importers alike.

So to begin the year Trade and Agriculture… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Prominent epidemiologist Michael Baker says the risk of chronic and debilitating illness from long Covid could grow as more people are re-infected.

The weekly Covid figures released yesterday showed… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.It's back to work for many this week in the country's two biggest commuter cities, but some are falling at the first hurdle... getting on the bus or train.

Driver shortages and railway works have… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.More than 160,000 secondary school students from across the country will be able to access their NCEA results today, after yet another Covid-disrupted year.

The students can find out how they did in… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.Specialist Trade Contractors Federation President Grant Price spoke to Charlotte Cook about the building industry's boom cooling in 2023. Audio

7:09 AM.The phone has already stopped ringing in parts of the building industry as the boom cools - and operators fear staff layoffs are on the way. 

Economic uncertainty, inflation and rising interest rates… Read more Audio