Morning Report for Friday 21 April 2023

8:47 AM.This week in our political panel, we glance ahead, with ANZAC Day on the horizon.

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In that spirit Corin Dann spoke to… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Michael Schumacher's family are planning legal action against a German magazine which has published an artificial intelligence-generated 'interview' with the former Formula 1 driver.

Schumacher, a… Read more Audio

8:33 AM.For more than 60 years, the dairy giant Fonterra and its predecessors have been one of the biggest employers in the Hamilton central city.

That could be about to change, with the company looking to… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.It's now been almost a week since Dunedin climate activist and one-time Green Party candidate, Jack Brazil, was shot in Dunedin - and no arrests have been made.

Mr Brazil survived the shooting and is… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Auckland Council is considering 30km speed limit around schools, and has gathered mixed reactions for the proposal.

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Auckland… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Free budgeting services are bracing for a drop in funding right as the cost of living crisis hits and a recession knocks on our door.

The Ministry of Social Development funds 131 budget advisor… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Hundreds of staff at the University of Otago could lose their jobs after what has been called a challenging start to the financial year.

Acting vice-chancellor Professor Helen Nicholson said the… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.New Zealand's largest privately-owned healthcare group is having to intermittently close its urgent care and general practice clinics in Auckland, due to staff shortages.

Tāmaki Health runs the White… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.The ICPA report into last year's Parliament protest has found some laws governing trespass and arrests are ill-equipped to deal with policing mass public disorder events.

Just 31 people connected to… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is to return to the Warriors on a three-season deal from next year.

The game-breaking back switched to rugby union last year in a bid to make the All Blacks, and he has played… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Auckland Council has outlined a plan to lower speed limits around schools by another 10kms an hour...but it comes with a high price tag.

The Council's Transport Committee has been hearing from… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.The rising cost of living appears to have peaked, with at least one economist saying inflation will be closer to three percent by the end of the year.

The latest figures show annual inflation falling… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Economists are predicting the country is probably over the worst of its bout of inflation.

The latest figures show a surprise drop in the annual rate, from  7.2 percent to 6.7 percent, although the… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.The University of Otago is bracing for large scale staff redundancies as the institution grapples with a drop in enrolments.

Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Helen Nicholson told students in an email… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.The Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says he would not have done anything differently in the police handling of the protest and occupation of Parliament grounds last year.

That's despite the Police… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.The completion of a bridge that would have reconnected Wairoa to Napier has been delayed by a month.

Waka Kotahi is building a bailey bridge across the Waikari River on State Highway 2 between Napier… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The Police Association says officers were needlessly put at risk when they were sent to evict the Parliament protesters last year without enough protective equipment.

Officers told the Police… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.The Environment Court has rejected plans for a new West Coast coal mine, at Te Kuha.

The proposed 150-hectare mine near Westport is home to numerous plants and animals at risk or threatened with… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.The police watchdog has found officers served the public well in the face of at times "extreme provocation" during last year's Parliament protest.

But the 200-page IPCA report found there were a… Read more Audio