Morning Report for Tuesday 6 June 2023

8:58 AM.Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is in Aotearoa on his first official visit after winning the election six months ago.

Mr Rabuka was welcomed by the Fijian Community in Auckland last night.

RNZ… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Ambitions to price agricultural emissions in a world-leading way could fall flat as the time remaining before the election dwindles.

The He Waka Eke Noa deal between the government and farmers hasn't… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.The man behind the success of the national Kapa Haka festival has been made a knight companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in this year's King's Birthday and Coronation Honours.

Tā Selwyn… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Hawke's Bay Māori are grappling with huge decisions in the wake of the Government's proposed buyout of cyclone-hit homes most at risk of being flooded again.

Iwi and hapū had difficult conversations… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Former Vice President Mike Pence has filed the paperwork declaring his campaign for president in 2024, setting up a challenge to his former boss, Donald Trump.

Pence, the nation's 48th vice… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.The police are calling on the public to come forward with any information about the home invasion that led to the death of 71 year old Linda Woods' in Kaikohe last week.

They have found a DNA sample… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.An independent panel of legal experts is recommending lowering the voting age to 16.

The government scrapped plans in March to introduce legislation to the house which would lower the voting age… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The Transport Minister, Michael Wood is being accused of a conflict of interest for failing to declare shares he owns, including in Auckland Airport.

National's acting Auckland spokesperson Paul… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.The grey-backed storm petrel, one of New Zealand's smallest seabirds, are found around the Southern Ocean in sub-antantarctic waters.

While they tend to stay close to colonies after breeding, there… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Fraught negotiations on the emissions pricing deal between the government and farmers is leaving the industry-shaping agreement up in the air.

He Waka Eke Noa was promised by the former Prime… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has banned staff using artificial intelligence technology such as Chat GPT citing data and privacy risks.

Similar action has been taken overseas by… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Police are hoping a DNA sample from the scene of last week's deadly home invasion in Kaikohe will lead to a breakthrough in the case.

The DNA was taken from a pair of cut-off jean shorts and trainers… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister says its forces are "shifting to offensive actions" in some areas.

Ukrainian military sources told the BBC that a series of small scale armoured offensive operations… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.A former New Zealand SAS trooper has been heavily criticised in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case judgement which was released yesterday.

Roberts-Smith, who won the Victoria Cross and the Medal… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.When a tramper fell through substandard safety netting on a swingbridge in 2020, the Conservation Department took action to replace the faulty netting nationwide.

But it kept this under wraps until… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.An independent review panel has recommended a referendum on extending the Parliamentary term from three to four years.

It also suggests lowering the voting age to 16, and reducing the 5 percent… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.An independent review panel has recommended a referendum on extending the Parliamentary term from three to four years.

It also suggests lowering the voting age to 16, and reducing the 5 percent… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.A judge has expressed "surprise" at Prince Harry's absence from London's High Court on Monday, in his case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN).

The Duke of Sussex is likely to begin giving evidence… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Lowering the voting age to 16, a 3.5 per cent party vote threshold and a public referendum on a four year Parliamentary term.

These are just some of the draft recommendations to come out of a… Read more Audio

6:19 AM."Renters, it's time to tell it like it is," Auckland Central's MP Chlöe Swarbrick says.

The Green Party are today launching a campaign asking for people to submit their stories of what they call… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Heavy rain and thunderstorms have been hitting Bay of Plenty and Coromandel Peninsula overnight.

On the Coromandel Peninsula, Metservice has recorded more than 500 lightning strikes since midnight.

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