Morning Report for Wednesday 10 November 2021

8:56 AM.A pair of tītitipounamu gave conservationists in the Otago Peninsula a shock this week when they found a nest with four very small eggs inside of a possum trap.

Riflemen, the smallest species of New… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.A new exhibition revealing the impacts of climate change on Pacific communities appears in the National Library this month.

'Trouble in Paradise' presents sixty winning photographs of a competition… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Families caring for children with additional needs during lockdown have emptied a funding allowance that would typically last through the year.

With schools shut, parents are having to pay for… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.It gets real now for the Black Caps at the T20 World Cup, with England presenting as formidable semi-final opponents in Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning.

After qualifying through a relatively easy group… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.With less than a month until harvest, Central Otago orchards are scrambling to find staff.

The region needs upwards of 5000 seasonal workers across the horticulture and viticulture industries during… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Many of us will have heard that New Zealand's ambitious COP26 pledge to halve emissions by the end of the decade will save 149 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere, but what… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Former patients of a psychiatric institution have spent decades waiting to see if their pleas for justice over the treatment they received are answered.

Now, the latest police investigation into… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Shops are open in Auckland again for in-person shopping.

The Warehouse Westgate has opened its doors to the public at 8am.

Operations manager Ian Carter spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

8:19 AM.It's Auckand's first day of level 3, step 2.

Shops are once again opening their doors but with extra pandemic measures in place.

Reporter Chen Liu was out and about, and spoke to Guyon Espiner about… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.The High Court ruled yesterday that the Covid-19 vaccination mandate for border workers was justified and not an unlawful breach of the New Zealand Bill of Rights.

It dismissed the legal challenge… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.A police spokesperson says officers have been asking people to sign away their social media and email passwords for police use for almost 10 years.

RNZ has revealed police are trying to take over the… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A group of Taranaki school children enjoying a crash course in kiwi tracking in Te Papakura o Taranaki, Egmont National Park, have been let in on a secret.

Five pairs of the national bird released… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.The man who runs Middlemore Hospital says Covid-19 remains a fierce and unpredictable enemy but is quietly confident New Zealand's health system can avoid becoming overwhelmed.

Middlemore… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Tensions between community leaders and Wellington bureaucrats are growing - as Covid-19 cases continue to spread.

One North Island mayor has been left off the district health board's heads up on… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Police have charged a second man with the murder of Christchurch teenager, Connor Whitehead.

The 16-year-old was shot and killed at a party in the suburb of Casebrook on Friday night. His father… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.It's day one of level 3, step 2, for Auckland and the deep cleaning has been done in preparation for shops and some attractions to re-open with distancing and reduced numbers.

Retailers are flinging… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.National Party leader Judith Collins supports mandating the Covid-19 vaccine, but only to a point.

A large protest was staged at Parliament yesterday where, among a range of frustrations being… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Lawyers are concerned a police tactic to take over the online identities of suspects and defendants is being used to target the vulnerable.

Defence lawyers alerted RNZ to a form the police are using… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.Mandatory vaccines could be part of New Zealand life for some time to come, with the Prime Minister reluctant to talk about when they might be lifted.

The first deadline is for for health and… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Mandatory vaccines could be part of New Zealand life for some time to come, with the Prime Minister reluctant to talk about when they might be lifted.

The first deadline is for for health and… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.In central Auckland, a second-hand bookshop is dusting off a mountain of titles for customers to flip through.

Hard to Find Bookshop founder Warwick Jordan is the founder runs his shop tucked away in… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.A Newmarket jeans store is ready to welcome people back in to try on clothes and bring life back onto the main street.

Alert level 3, step 2, is allowing people back into retail shops, albeit with… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.It's the first day of level 3, step 2, in Auckland and shops are once again opening their doors but with extra pandemic measures in place.

Ōtara store owners are gearing up to welcome customers, but… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Before rapper Travis Scott took the stage of the fatal Astroworld Festival, Houston's police chief had a "brief and respectful" meeting with him to discuss safety concerns.

The police chief told the… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Organisers of large events are welcoming a government scheme that would cover 90 percent of unrecoverable costs for big-ticket festivals, if they have to be cancelled or postponed due to Covid-19… Read more Audio