Morning Report for Thursday 15 June 2023

8:54 AM.New Zealanders can now get up close and personal with treasures from Egypt, as the largest collection of ancient artefacts is on display in Aotearoa. The collection, called Egypt: In the Time of… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.In a few months, Nelson and Tasman will have a new bus service - with more destinations, more regular buses and lower fares. The main fleet of seventeen buses will also be fully electric. Some… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Thousands of school staff are about to get the first tranche of payments compensating them for 400-million-dollars in miscalculated holiday pay. It's taken seven years of review, negotiation and… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.That's the staggering difference in the cost of a litre of unleaded 91 petrol across Auckland and the AA says the difference could be up to 65 cents a litre for diesel. Motorists have enjoyed a fuel… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Communities on the East Coast are sick of being offered band-aid fixes and praised for their resilience. They were hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle, which devastated their infrastructure and cut off… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.The mother of a 16-year-old boy who's battling a serious vaping addiction says more must be done to reduce young people's access to vapes. Parents upset about vaping by children have set up a new… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The government needs to go back to the drawing board if it wants to get a proposed Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary off the ground with iwi support. More than 40 iwi organisations voted to reject the… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.The performance of dairy, seafood and processed food exports is being praised as the reason primary industry exports have exceeded expectations, reaching a new annual record of more than $56 billion… Read more Audio

8:08 AM.The race for the rural vote is underway at Fieldays at Mystery Creek near Hamilton with Labour, Act and National turning up in force at the largest agricultural gathering in the Southern Hemisphere… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Panicked parents have banded together to call for stronger action from the government to curb the rising number of young people vaping. They say they're seeing their children become debilitated by… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.A group of migrant workers in Queenstown are struggling because their employers aren't giving them the promised working hours. Accredited employers are required to give workers a minimum of 30 hours… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Hundreds of gang members, and 100 extra police, have been in the area after the killing of Mongrel Mob Barbarians boss Steven Taiatini last Friday. A homicide investigation has been launched into Mr… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.GDP figures out today will reveal whether or not the economy has tipped into recession, after negative growth of 0.6% in the December quarter of 2022. The figures are a key indicator of the health of… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Primary industry exports are forecast to reach just over $56 billion by the end of this month. That's higher than expected, and is largely due to an increase in dairy, seafood and processed food… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.A mental health nurse who was knocked out and dragged by her hair at work says the police have not taken the assault seriously. Her union says that's not uncommon, with many mental health nurses being… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.Bay of Plenty police have been on alert overnight in Opotiki and Whakatane after reports of shots being fired at a vehicle in Whakatane yesterday. Hundreds of patched gang members who had been in… Read more Audio

6:51 AM.Tens of millions of dollars earmarked for Government climate change projects are yet to be spent. Treasury documents show about a third of the initiatives in the more than $3 billion Climate Emergency… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.The primary industry has outperformed expectations as annual exports reach a new record high of more than 56-billion-dollars. The December forecast expected 55-billion in exports, but led by a growth… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Police in the UK are questioning a man on suspicion of murder after two students and a man were stabbed to death in Nottingham. The two students killed were 19-years-olds Grace O'Malley-Kumar and… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.Italy's held a National Day of Mourning to mark the funeral of former Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi.

Around 2000 people were inside Milan's Duomo cathedral for the service, with thousands more… Read more Audio