Morning Report for Monday 17 April 2023

8:51 AM.Fisheries officers have spent the weekend monitoring Kaikoura's recreational paua fishery as the season reopens. It's just the second season since the 2016 earthquake which devastated the fishery. The… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.After five failed attempts last year, NASA has launched one of its super pressure balloons from Wanaka. The football-field-sized balloon was one of two that NASA plans to launch from the Wanaka… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Feeling like you're getting less bang for your buck when getting groceries? It might be because the cost from suppliers to supermarkets keeps going up in products with dairy products, frozen… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.The number of communications staff in the core public service has risen by fifty-percent since Labour took office in 2017. The latest figures provided to RNZ show 532 communications staff were… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Being told to have children as soon as possible is the reality for many women with endometriosis. A new RNZ In-Depth series, The Deadline is lifting the lid on how endometriosis changes women's lives… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Gisborne's main water supply pipe, which broke in 10 places during Cyclone Gabrielle, was identified as being at risk of a catastrophic failure only months before. The Gisborne District Council… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Restore Passenger Rail protestors are blocking SH1 at the Terrace tunnel in Wellington again. Our reporter Bill Hickman was there. Read more Audio

8:15 AM.The police are investigating three separate crashes which killed six people overnight. One person died in a single car crash in Dargaville. Two are dead following a crash on the Waikato Expressway… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni is in the Solomons as she begins a five-day Pacific mission, which also includes Tonga and Fiji. It's the first Pacific mission post Covid ... and climate change… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.At the halfway point of the Super Rugby season, four New Zealand sides look in contention for the overall crown. Two of those sides played at the weekend, with the Chiefs beating the Hurricanes… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Whangarei District councillor Carol Peters says she was shocked to learn of the man's death following an altercation at a Gull service station in Raumanga in Whangerei. The death of the young man has… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The National Party says Local Government Minister Kieran McAnulty's comments about manawhenua representation on the new water entities is confusing and muddled. Kieran McAnulty's has told TVNZ's Q+A… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.One of New Zealand's most accomplished drivers, six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon, is going to be inducted into the US Motorsport Hall of Fame. The 42-year-old says he's extremely honoured to be… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker warns the country is in the grip of a fourth wave of Covid19. Professor Baker says if we don't act to restrict the spread of the virus, up to 10,000 people could… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.The number of communications staff working in the core public service has tipped over the 500 mark - and shows an increase of more than fifty percent since Labour took office. That's despite new… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Six people have lost their lives on the roads overnight. Two cars crashed on the Waikato Expressway killing both drivers near Rangiriri. While three people died after a campervan crashed and burst… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Gisborne district council knew its main water pipe was at 'unacceptable' risk of 'catastrophic' failure months before cyclone Gabrielle smashed it in 10 places. That plunged 39 thousand people into a… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.There's good news for holiday makers with much of the country set to bask in warm, albeit gusty weather - in stark contrast to last week's wild smorgasbord of thunderstorms, high winds, rain, and… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Dancing, high heels and a stripper pole - clearly not a usual day on Parliament's forecourt. The Fired Up Stilettos group took their fight there on Sunday for better rights and protections for… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Six people died on the roads early on Monday morning. Our reporter Jemima Huston spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

6:19 AM.Farmers say they are playing a key role in reducing the country's greenhouse gas emissions, thanks in part to changing farm practices and skyrocketing fertiliser costs. Last week, a Ministry for the… Read more Audio