Morning Report for Tuesday 22 August 2023

8:55 AM.A wildlife carer hopes the Tawaki penguin she found washed up on an Australian beach, will survive its journey back to New Zealand.

Tracey Wilson, who manages Victoria's Mosswood Wildlife Rescue and… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.It's been great for football, women's sport, the economy, and our profile on the world stage - but there's concern Aotearoa will drop the ball now the FIFA Women's World Cup tournament is over.

In… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.A Northland dive company has avoided a prosecution over a kayaking accident after agreeing to fund community safety measures - at a cost of a quarter of a million dollars.

A WorkSafe investigation… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.A New Zealand woman who moved to Australia with her son for life-saving cancer treatment is describing the National Party's promise, if elected, to fund new cancer drugs as "wonderful" but… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Fresh figures from CoreLogic show housing affordability improved over the June quarter, but not by much, with mortgages still eating up almost half of household incomes.

Over the period, mortgage… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Labour is under fire for trying to tell schoolteachers how to teach.

If elected, from 2026, schools must use what's called the common practice model, which will set out the best, evidence-based ways… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Survivors of abuse in state care are heading to court to challenge the plan the Ministry of Social Development has set up to compensate abuse cases.

Survivors are being offered settlements as low as… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.A Wairarapa lawyer is speaking out about being subjected to continuous abuse from people representing themselves in family court cases.

This is in response to Morning Report's story last week… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Thousands of patients will have their operations and other procedures delayed when senior doctors and dentists go on three separate strikes next month.

Te Whatu Ora says it's disappointed with the… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.Five radiology departments at public hospitals have moved into high-risk territory in the last few months.

The latest independent assessment of medical scanning departments against international… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.The secondary teachers' union is fighting back against Labour's plan to enforce government-approved methods for teaching reading, writing and maths.

If Labour is elected the rule would kick in from… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Labour wants to reduce the number of vape stores to 600 countrywide, if elected. In a new policy released this morning, the party says it would eliminate more than half of specialist vape retailers.

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7:34 AM.British nurse Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life in prison with no chance of parole, for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six more.

Between 2015 and 2016, she… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Thousands of patients will have their operations and other procedures delayed when senior doctors and dentists go on three separate strikes next month.

Te Whatu Ora is standing by its offer to… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Support for Labour has crashed into the twenties, in the latest political poll.

The 1News Verian survey shows the party has dropped four points to 29 percent. National is up two points to 37 percent… Read more Audio

7:08 AM.The Government is facing the fight of its life, with the latest One News poll showing National and Act could form the next government by a comfortable margin.

National is polling at 37-percent, while… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.Labour is being warned not to start telling teachers how to do their job.

If elected the party plans to direct teachers how to teach reading, writing and maths from 2026.

It would mean teachers and… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.In a new policy released Tuesday morning, Labour plans to reduce the number of vape stores to 600 countrywide if elected.

The party says this would eliminate more than half of specialist vape… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.The Cancer Society is questioning whether the health system will be able to cope with the extra work of administering thirteen new cancer treatments National is promising to fund of elected in… Read more Audio