Morning Report for Friday 26 June 2020

8:56 AM.A Waikato farmer is building a museum on his farm to preserve memorabilia from New Zealand's oldest introduced sport - tug-of-war.

Graham Smith has a dairy farm 50 minutes south of Hamilton.

He is… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Former All Black and Warriors rugby league player Sir John Kirwan has given the thumbs to a proposed All Black versus Kangaroos cross-code clash being touted for December.

New Zealand Rugby chief… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Northland is nervously awaiting a decision on whether the Marsden Point Refinery will be downsized to become a fuel import terminal only.

Refining NZ, which owns the plant, says it is one option it's… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Despite heavy rain, there is no relief for the Auckland region that has been hit by the worst drought since records began.

Yesterday Watercare presented Auckland city councillors with details of… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:29 AM.Crusaders fans will see their team in the flesh for the first time since lockdown when they host the Chiefs on Sunday afternoon.

The scrapping of the regular Super Rugby season means Christchurch has… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.The number of jobseekers in Otago has risen almost 50 percent since February.

For some within the region the economic impact of Covid-19 is already brutally harsh.

Otago-Southland reporter Timothy… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Nearly a quarter of primary school teachers have sometimes felt unsafe in their classrooms.

That's according to a national survey that found that violence is becoming more common in New Zealand… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.New Zealand will host the FIFA Womens World Cup in 2023 in partnership with Australia.

It is a flurry of firsts - the first Women's World Cup to be held in the Southern Hemisphere, the first in the… Read more Audio

8:08 AM.New Zealand will host the FIFA Womens World Cup in 2023 in partnership with Australia.

It is a flurry of firsts - the first Women's World Cup to be held in the Southern Hemisphere, the first in the… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Almost 120 years after they sank to the bottom of the Tasman Sea, the discovery of the remains of Chinese gold miners is causing fury.

The New Zealand Chinese Association says a documentary crew… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Returning to our story now on the latest political poll.

The National Party is up nine percentage points in the first 1 News Colmar Brunton poll since Todd Muller rolled Simon Bridges to take the… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Firefighters are monitoring a hazardous ammonia leak at Fonterra's Te Rapa factory.

The leak is contained on site and all the staff have been safely evacuated but so far the firefighters can't get… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The latest political poll has boosted the National Party's political fortunes.

In the first 1 News Colmar Brunton poll since Todd Muller rolled Simon Bridges to take the leadership, the party is up… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.More than 2,000 people will be treated to a suite from Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier at a performance by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in Wellington tonight.

The NZSO will be the envy of… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.A national survey shows violence in primary schools is growing with one in four primary school teachers no longer feeling safe in their own classrooms.

That is double the figure since the previous… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.One headline called it an "enormous" recovery for the National Party, another said the Labour Party had been brought "back down to earth".

The latest 1 News Colmar Brunton poll shows gains and… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.National is clawing back support, according the latest 1News Colmar Brunton poll.

In last month's poll, the day before Simon Bridges was rolled as leader, support for National slumped to just 29… Read more Audio

7:08 AM.New Zealand will be the host of the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2023 in a joint partnership with Australia.

The trans-Tasman bid beat out that of final rival Colombia by 22 votes to 13 at the FIFA… Read more Video, Audio

6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Queenstown businesses are questioning why Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis has been absent so long from the struggling resort town.

Thousands of people have been seeking welfare assistance and food… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.The Principals Federation say its members are increasingly worried about the level of violence in primary school classrooms.

It says it is the number one problem principals are raising.

Tim, a… Read more Audio

6:38 AM.New Zealand football president Johanna Wood has been up since 11pm last night nervously waiting to find out if Australia and New Zealand had been successful in securing the rights to host the FIFA… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Primary school principals are telling their national federation that there's a big problem with violence among their pupils.

The president of the Principals Federation, Perry Rush, says he is… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.It was standing room only last night in Havelock North as National's new leader Todd Muller made his case to be the next Prime Minister.

Although a meeting with farmers near Hastings earlier only… Read more Audio