Morning Report for Tuesday 18 April 2023

8:56 AM.A new report shows Auckland's household carbon footprint is about 15 percent higher than the national average.

But, with food and transport among the largest drivers of emissions from households… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.A new report has found communuity groups delivering services have wellbeing issues of their own.

Voluntary organisations are desperate for more funding with requests for help on the rise. And there's… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Health bosses desperate to recruit new cancer doctors to crisis-hit Dunedin Hospital, will need to sell them on cramped spaces and shuttling up and down the street.

Te Whatu Ora has pledged to fix… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.A Tokomaru Bay cafe owner says his business is struggling to stay open after cyclone Gabrielle and more government support is needed urgently.

Trust Tairāwhiti which has been distributing the… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The Waitangi Tribunal will hear an urgent inquiry from the organisation which oversees Kura Kaupapa Māori later this month.

Te Runanga Nui's claim is against Crown practices which it argues continue… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.The Council of Trade Unions wants the government to ban engineered stone benchtops due to the risks to workers from making the benches.

People manufacturing them are being exposed to dangerous levels… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.One of the most keenly-awaited US media trials in decades was to have begun in a Delaware court this morning.

However, a judge overseeing the $2.5b defamation lawsuit against Fox News has delayed the… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.The government is considering spending $257m to help regional council's fast-track 92 river flood protection projects.

The country's 16 regional councils, under the banner Te Uru Kahika, are planning… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.One week out from ANZAC Day, the Returned and Services' Association has revealed it is pushing for a second national day to honour the country's war veterans.

RSA national president Sir Wayne… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Politicians are at odds over co-governance arrangements planned for the Three Waters rebrand.

The Labour government says some provisions in New Zealand wouldn't stand up to a purely academic… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.The Black Caps have won their third T20 against Pakistan in Lahore this morning, keeping up their hopes of a series win.

But they didn't make it easy on themselves, with the home side scoring 21 runs… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Twitter users might have noticed something different about our RNZ twitter account in the last 24 hours.

The social media platform has decided to tag our account with the words 'government-funded… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.A 10 year old is in hospital this morning after being trapped and crushed under a log at a Gisborne beach at the weekend.

Juliana Marston, who was on holiday from Christchurch, has fractured her… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.The Green MP at the centre of a party investigation, Elizabeth Kerekere, has been accused of ongoing poor behaviour including badmouthing and undermining her caucus colleagues and staff.

Five… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.One of our major banks is forecasting New Zealand's economy will tip deeper into recession than previously forecast.

ASB's quarterly economic forecast says the country is now feeling the effects of… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The government is promising to introduce a further 320 teachers to the workforce by 2025 to reduce the number of students per classroom, from 29 to 28.

With more than 1,900 primary schools in New… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.The Westland ranges could get up to 140 millimetres of rain today prompting the threat of flooding and slips.

Orange rain warnings are in force for the Westland and Tasman districts today, while the… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.The price of food has had it's biggest annual price increase in 30 years - driven by the cost of grocery products like eggs, potato chips and yoghurt.

Stats NZ says food prices were 12.1 percent… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.Health researchers say the government needs to take large scale action to prevent an emerging type two diabetes pandemic.

Overseas research shows the number of people diagnosed with type two diabetes… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.A Retail New Zealand report shows it's been a challenging start to the year across the sector, with atrocious weather just part of the problem.

The report shows nearly half of retailers failed to… Read more Audio