National

New Zealand is not short on plans for renewable energy but few projects are making it past the planning stage. Morning Report producer Emma Ricketts finds out why. Audio

More than 550 migrants, advocates or others laid complaints against employers last month, which is more than double the average number this year. Migrant Exploitation Relief Foundation's Cameron Bower… Audio

ACC has started a one-month public consultation on suggested annual levy rises of more than 7 percent for motorists and a potential 33 percent increase for motorcyclists. AA principal policy advisor… Audio

ACT Party leader David Seymour is dismissing analysis from the Council of Trade Unions suggesting it will cost at least $4 million to progress the Treaty Principles Bill to a second reading. ACT Party… Audio

The Accident Compensation Corporation is proposing rises in worker, employer, and motorist levies which could cost some hundreds of dollars extra a year. Employers and Manufacturers Association's Alan… Audio

Te Whatu Ora has scrapped the highest Code Black alert used by some emergency departments to show when they are critically overcrowded or understaffed. Ruth Hill reports. Audio

A conservative estimate suggests it will cost at least $4 million to progress the controversial Treaty Principles Bill to a second reading at Parliament. CTU economist Craig Renney spoke to Corin… Audio

The head of the Accident Compensation Commission says proposed rises to levies are aimed at securing the scheme's long-term future. ACC chief executive Megan Main spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Universities have told a government review they have several thousand students in courses with so few enrolments they make significant losses. Education correspondent John Gerritsen spoke to Corin… Audio

The debate over the Treaty Principles Bill will go on until at least the middle of next year with ACT confirming the legislation will spend six months at select committee. Political reporter Lillian… Audio

Just one person at the National Emergency Management Agency is working on short-term fixes to the big gaps in the disaster coordination system. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

On Tuesday we brought you the shocking story of a patient dying in the waiting room of Rotorua's Emergency Department after waiting three hours to be seen. This happened just two weeks after ED staff… Audio

Morning Report has been told the engine that caught fire on an Air New Zealand flight into Wellington was brand new, and had only flown three times. Savage from ETU spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

The Accident Compensation Corporation will need to cover a near $1 billion hole in revenue it collects from levies, with consultation beginning today on new rates. Ben Strang spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

Two hundred and thirty jobs are set to be lost from Southern Ruapehu with the closure of the Winstone Pulp mills. Social development minister Louise Upston spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

On today's episode, thousands of Woolworths supermarket workers have walked off the job for two hours to protest their wages and working conditions, a threatening email and video that was sent to an… Audio

A threatening email and video that was sent to an Auckland school which put them, and two others into a lockdown, has been confirmed as being sent from overseas. Al Madina School's assistant principal… Audio

On today's episode, prime minister Christopher Luxon discusses a patient who died in the waiting room of Rotorua Hospital's emergency department last month had been waiting three hours, distressed… Audio

New research from the Education Review Office has found that primary school students are facing more mental health challenges which are getting in the way of learning. ERO's Education Evaluation… Audio