Morning Report for Friday 17 November 2023

8:50 AM.The World Health Organisation is making loneliness a global health priority, this week launching a new Commission on Social Connection.

Over the next three years, the Commission will focus on ways to… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.The 9th annual Queenstown marathon is happening this weekend and will see over 10,000 competitors this year.

Nearly 90-percent of athletes are coming from outside of the region, and more than… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Peaceful protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza stopped traffic on San Francisco's golden gate bridge overnight have been arrested and removed.

It happened at the same time as country leaders… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A day after storming into Gaza's largest hospital, Israeli forces say they have found proof that Hamas was using it as a command centre.

The army released a video, which has not been independently… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A small vege shop in rural Hastings has just re-opened its doors, nine months after it was destroyed during cyclone Gabrielle.

The shelves are still fairly bare, and most of the roadside signs… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.A community bisected by one of Auckland's busiest railway lines is set to see several intersections closed for significant periods, after the city rail link opens.

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7:48 AM.Porirua councillors have voted to ban new gaming machines and venues in an effort to reduce the city's disproportionate spend on gambling.

There are 156 pokie machines across 10 venues in Porirua… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Eight years after a toddler died at the hands of his mother's boyfriend in Southland, a coroner has finally issued the official findings in the case.

There are no surprises - four state agencies have… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Auckland Council and Auckland Transport will now start work implementing congestion charges on some of the city's busiest roads.

Auckland's Transport and Infrastructure Committee voted 18 to two in… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Multiple investigations are underway after police shot a man dead in the Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata Thursday afternoon.

The man had been holding his partner hostage with a weapon for over an… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.A RNZ investigation has uncovered yet another case of large numbers of migrants crammed into a three-bedroom home in West Auckland.

The home in Massey has 17 bunkbeds, and at one point had workers… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.A day after storming into Gaza's largest hospital, Israeli forces say they have found proof that Hamas was using it as a command centre.

The army released a video, which has not been independently… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The pressure is on Christopher Luxon to crack on and form a new government.

While all three parties agree they are close to a deal - they still haven't got one two weeks after the final election… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.About 40 people - many with dogs - have protested outside the Far North District Council headquarters in Kaikohe, denouncing the region's dog control system which they say is dangerous and long in… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Voters in Argentina will head to the polls this weekend in a presidential runoff election, with the economy taking centre stage.

Data released by the country's statistics agency showed that… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.A New Zealander working to help refugees in southern Gaza says he's staring at the world's worst humanitarian crisis this century.

Gaza is under a total communications blackout.

Hector Sharp was… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Volker Türk, the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights, says a political space needs to be created to allow a path out of the horror that is Gaza.

Türk condemned the widespread targeting… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.Australia has won second semi-final against South Africa at Kolkata's Eden Gardens.

In a low scoring match, Australia prevailed by three wickets chasing 212.

Things could have been much worse for… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Workers at the country's biggest private laboratory provider are picketing on Friday as a dragged out pay dispute remains unresolved.

Awanui Labs runs most of the community and hospital medical… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.If you thought coalition negotiations here in New Zealand have been dragging on, spare a thought for Spaniards, who, after 4 months, finally know who's in charge.

Pedro Sanchez of the Spanish… Read more Audio