Morning Report for Monday 15 May 2023

8:52 AM.The Central Pulse have booked their place in the ANZ Premiership netball Finals Series. They beat the Northern Mystics 62-56 on Sunday afternoon in a top of the table clash, making them the first side… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.In Turkey more than 90 percent of votes have been counted. The people of Turkey have been voting in a pivotal election overnight, which could end President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 20-year-reign as… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.It's an essential health service that relies on cake stalls and second-hand clothes sales just to keep the lights on. Now some of the country's biggest hospices are warning they will have to cut some… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.State Highway 2 between Napier and Wairoa officially opened to traffic at 7 o'clock on Sunday morning, more than three months after it was damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle. RNZ reporter Kate Green drove… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.One of the women diagnosed with cancer after breast screening failures in Wellington says they were all harmed, no matter what a review says. Thousands of women were late for their screening from 2017… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Foreign students are returning to New Zealand at a faster rate than before the pandemic. In the past eight months, Immigration New Zealand has approved more than 32,000 study visas for first-time… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.It'll be another tense day at the Gore District Council today as the stoush between the Mayor, councillors and the chief executive heats up. 24 year old Mayor Ben Bell and long-standing chief… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.Te Pati Maori has risen in popularity in new political polling, suggesting they could play kingmaker this election. The party has almost doubled in points from 1.8 percent to 3.5 percent in the… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Te Pāti Māori has risen in popularity in new political polling, suggesting they could play kingmaker this election.

The party has almost doubled in points from 1.8 percent to 3.5 percent in the… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.A risk assessment is continuing today as to how to bring a troubled ship to safety. Singaporean container ship, The Shiling, lost power and steering off Farewell Spit on Friday. It has since been… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.The Environmental Protection Authority is under fire for withholding information about a leak at a suspended oil and gas well-head at Kupe off the coast of Taranaki. It's taken five years, two… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.$10 million has been allocated from this year's Budget for the clearing of rivers in Tairawhiti and Hawke's Bay. The government is hoping the money will help remove up to 70,000 tonnes of woody debris… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The government's billion dollar cyclone recovery package includes more than $110 million to return damaged schools to their pre-cyclone state. Greg Pierce is the Auckland Secondary Principals… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Germany has pledged a further $4.7 billion worth of military aid to Ukraine, during a visit by president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's to Berlin. President Zelenskyy thanked the German chancellor Olaf Scholz… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Hawke's Bay families on either side of the Waikare Gorge are able to drive for a catch up, for the first time in three months. State Highway 2 between Napier and Wairoa opened to traffic at 7am on… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.After dominating the political news cycle last week, Te Pati Maori is again the big headline player in the latest Newshub-Reid political poll released on Sunday. On current polling Te Pati Maori would… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The Government has earmarked nearly $1 billion for a flood and cyclone recovery package aimed at repairing roads, rail and schools, as well as new flood protection and mental health support. The… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The Forest Owners Association says the damning report about the devastation caused by forestry slash during Cyclone Gabrielle was put together too hastily. It says the ministerial inquiry into land… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Councils in some of the regions hit hardest by Cyclone Gabrielle are relieved the government is promising to pay for the repair job on local roads - so the cost won't fall back on ratepayers. The… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.Councils in some of the regions hit hardest by Cyclone Gabrielle are relieved the government is promising to pay for the repair job on local roads - so the cost won't fall back on ratepayers. The… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.The people of Turkey have been voting in a pivotal election overnight, which could end President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 20-year-reign as leader. Turkey is currently in economic crisis and the… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.Cyclone-affected farmers are getting a boost as part of a near-billion dollar recovery package announced by the government yesterday. $35.4 million has been allocated to rural communities for urgent… Read more Audio