Morning Report for Monday 17 December 2018

6:12 AM.A member of New Zealand's private sector delegation to the Polish climate talks says the deal reached is a solid but not spectacular result. Climate-change negotiators secured agreement on a package… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A Piha resident whose house was damaged by flooding earlier this year is still out of her home and her insurance support is running out. During the flood, Kim Kerrigan was washed around and under her… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.A fire chief who works one of the most notorious stretches of road in the country reckons people crossing the centre line are one of the main causes of crashes. The Government is investing… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Schools are illegally refusing to enrol children by saying their classrooms are too full or insisting on permanent addresses for families in emergency housing. Organisations charged with getting… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Police are running out of ways to get the message through to people about how to get home for Christmas without becoming a statistic. As much of the country prepares to knock off work for the… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.The Government is spending 1.4 billion dollars on road safety upgrades over the next three years, but not in time to make a difference this year , which is shaping up to have one of the worst road… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The Minister for Climate Change James Shaw says an agreement reached at the UN climate conference in Poland is not perfect, but it's a good start. Nearly 200 countries have agreed to a set of rules… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The deal reached at the United Nations climate-change conference in Poland has been criticised for not being ambitious enough. Nearly 200 countries have agreed on a set of rules to implement the Paris… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.The two major unions representing hospital doctors are today boycotting a meeting about problems facing the medical workforce nationwide. The Medical Workforce Workshop has been called by the Health… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Nearly nine months after a devastating flood swept through Piha on Auckland's west coast, some residents on a flood-prone road still have no idea what's going to become of their water-damaged homes… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.One of Hawke's Bay's poorest communities is showing it is rich in festive spirit as it prepares to feed hundreds of people from all over the region this Christmas. Flaxmere's Pataka Kai, or community… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Giant portraits of young Maori are on display in Wellington as the city prepares to host the biggest kapa haka festival in the country. The national competition, known as Te Matatini, is expected to… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Climate Change James Shaw says an agreement reached at the UN climate conference in Poland is not perfect, but it's a good start. Nearly 200 countries have agreed to a set of rules for implementing… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.The Government is spending 1.4 billion dollars on road safety upgrades over the next 3 years, but not in time to make a difference this year. 356 people have already died on the roads this year. The… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The Treaty Negotiations Minister is expected announce the final results of the vote to decide who should lead the Ngaphui settlement process and how it should be managed. The hapu vote has already… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Motorists around Queenstown are facing increasing traffic delays with some saying it can take 50 minutes to drive less than 20 kilometres. Fingers have been pointed at road works along State Highway… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Piha residents whose homes were devastated by floods earlier this year are frustrated they still have no idea what's going to become of their water-damaged homes. Flooding reached a depth of two… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The Black Caps have dominated in day two of their test match against Sri Lanka in Wellington. Sunday closed with the Black Caps scoring 311/2 after dismissing the visitors for 282 runs. Gavin Larsen… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.A new report is being seen as stronger evidence that the Government is ignoring Waitangi Tribunal recommendations. In the past forty years, the Crown has only fully-settled the claims raised in 21… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A senior woman lawyer says the industry is changing because of the Me Too movement but not for the right reasons. Law firms had their Metoo moment when interns at the law firm Russell McVeigh… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.United States scientists are investigating New Zealand's largest fault, the Hikurangi subduction zone, to try to work out the physics behind earthquakes and how they behave. The US research ship Roger… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.One of the nation's most famous kiwi is among four released onto Maunga Taranaki. Atara, a five-year-old male, hatched while David Attenborough's cameras were rolling .Our Taranaki Whanganui reporter… Read more Audio