Morning Report for Tuesday 25 May 2021

6:13 AM.The wives of two men killed in a truck crash hope their long fight to clear the driver of any wrong-doing will improve the way accidents are investigated.

New coronial findings have exonerated the… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.An economist says an unemployment insurance scheme won't be cheap - but it will be an important lifeline for people who lose their jobs.

The government is mooting an ACC-style scheme, covering 80… Read more Audio

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

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

6:36 AM.Samoan leaders in New Zealand are calling for calm in the election dispute amid fears the stalemate has exposed deep division in Pacific nation that may take years to heal.

RNZ's Hamish Cardwell… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.EU leaders are meeting to consider sanctions against Belarus following the interception of a Ryanair flight bound for neighbouring Lithuania which was intercepted on the orders of president Alexander… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Lots of high ambition but no real plan. That's the initial take on Christchurch City Council's new scheme to address climate change over the next 25 years.

Academics and activists say construction of… Read more Audio

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

7:10 AM.Accusations of coups and treason are flying in Samoa as the stand-off between the majority FAST party and the defeated caretaker government shows no sign of ending.

The Supreme Court had ordered… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.New Zealand Rugby is being urged to consider a third option, before it signs away a chunk of its commercial revenue with US private equity firm Silver Lake.

A group led by former NZR chief executive… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.The stand-off in Samoa is also causing division in the diaspora - including in Auckland.

Some are taking to social media to air their views, and in the churches, there are prayers for calm and unity.

7:27 AM.The wives of two men killed in a truck crash hope their long fight to clear the driver of any wrongdoing will improve the way accidents are investigated.

New coronial findings have exonerated the… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The incoming Governor General says her approach to the job will be very much shaped by her upbringing, whānau and her career so far.

Former Children's Commissioner Dame Cindy Kiro is the first wahine… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.A study of more than 2000 eight year-olds has found nearly half are sleeping in bedrooms that are too cold.

The world-first research was a joint project between the building researchers BRANZ and the… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.An autistic boy who was expelled despite appealing to the Children's Commissioner has now been out of school for seven weeks.

His mother says she is hoping the Education Ministry will tell her this… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Plans to permanently introduce an insurance payout for people who lose their job could cost as much as $5 billion a year.

Using ACC as a possible template, the government is considering an… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Rental car companies are struggling to catch up with tourism's mini-revival because there aren't enough new cars to buy.

Firms trying to restock after slashing vehicle numbers last year face growing… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.It was a day of political tension and tactics in Samoa yesterday - and its uncertain what will happen today.

The country's majority FAST party was yesterday locked out of Parliament by the caretaker… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Samoan politics is still in a confusing state.

The recently elected FAST party held a swearing in ceremony in a large marquee tent erected on the Parliament grounds on Tuesday.

This was after the… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.A lax police investigation of a 2013 crash in which two men died in a truck rollover led their families to fight for eight years for a do-over.

Now they've triumphed, with new findings exonerating… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Allegations of a beheading of a Fijian sailor on a fishing vessel is pointing to a wider problem of abuse on the high seas.

Fijian authorities have been searching for five crew members who jumped off… Read more Audio

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

8:36 AM.All eyes will be on the courts in Samoa today as a political stalemate continues in Apia.

The majority FAST party was yesterday locked out of Parliament by the caretaker government - an action which… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.A study of more than 2000 eight year-olds has found nearly half are sleeping in bedrooms that are too cold.

The world-first research was a joint project between the building researchers BRANZ and the… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.An illegal cycle way is back in the suburb of Berhampore in Wellington this morning, after being removed by the council last night.

Volunteers from Cycle Wellington have re-built what they are… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Scores of children are feared missing after a volcanic eruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Mount Nyiragongo eruption has killed at least 15, while more than 170 children are feared… Read more Audio