Morning Report for Tuesday 13 June 2023

8:57 AM.Lewis Road Creamery has released a limited edition horopito-spiced milk in celebration of Matariki this year.

The idea came about through long-standing collaboration with Pouarua Farms, jointly owned… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.AI art generating software now allows anyone to make their own artwork in seconds, simply using text prompts.

But that's left many in the creative industry asking if Artificial Intelligence is a tool… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Artificial Intelligence stirs up fears that it's coming for our jobs, our schooling, and even our very existence.

Now te reo Maori and data sovereignty experts are raising another red flag - ChatGPT… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The government is promising to consult closely with local iwi and hapu over the future the Mt Ruapehu ski fields. Cabinet has agreed to support separate private bidders running the ski fields after… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.New South Wales Police have charged the bus driver who was behind the wheel when ten passengers died in a fatal wedding bus crash. A 58-year-old man has been charged with ten counts of dangerous… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.In Opotiki, a tangihanga is under way for Steven Taiatini, the president of the Mongrel Mob Barbarians.

The 45-year-old was killed on Friday night on St John Street and there is now a heavy gang… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.The National Party's proposal to delay emissions pricing by five years has been criticised by the Government, with Prime Minister Chris Hipkins saying the Opposition seems to be treating the climate… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.One of New Zealand's foremost defence analysts says he's been warning people for several years of the threat of state-sponsored disinformation infiltrating New Zealand society. RNZ has launched an… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Media tycoon and former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has died. He revolutionised Italian television with his privately owned channels to become the country's most polarising and prosecuted… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.A proposal from National would kick emissions pricings for farmers down the road by five years -- but critics are already using it to kick the Opposition around a bit. The party's new policy proposes… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Fire alarms subject to "malicious" tampering, smoke stop doors missing and trickling hoses for fighting fires. These are some of what fire inspections and investigations have been finding at… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.Some cancer patients struggling with the cost of travelling to other regions for care are choosing not to have treatment. Patient advocates say the National Travel Assistance Scheme - which subsidises… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.The Gore District Council will this afternoon consider a petition calling for chief executive Stephen Parry to resign. The almost 5000 signature petitions came in response to calls from a group of… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Cash-strapped Waikato University has paid nearly $1 million to an advisory firm run by former National Party Cabinet Minister Steven Joyce. The university says Mr Joyce's experience in business and… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The RNZ board is meeting tonight to begin setting up an independent review into how a web journalist was able to insert pro-Kremlin propaganda into stories and publish them online. The digital… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Pressure is building on the Government to deliver on its industry-based greenhouse gas emissions plan for the farming sector. Yesterday National said it would delay any emissions scheme for the… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Ukraine forces say they have recaptured four villages from Russian troops in the southeast. It's their most rapid advance in months, but still short of a major breakthrough, with Russia believed to… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Federated Farmers likes the new National party climate policy, but says it would be happier still if the government adopted the same position ahead of the election. National has been "listening to… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.Tens of thousands of Manchester City football fans have turned out to see the Champions League-winning team, who are currently being paraded across the central city in an open-top bus after they… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.Residents of flood-hit properties in Auckland are frustrated by a lack of communication around who will qualify for a voluntary buyout.

Decisions were expected yesterday, but the council is now… Read more Audio