Morning Report for Tuesday 8 March 2022

8:55 AM.A pay gap registry has gone live, with forty-seven of Aotearoa's largest employers voluntarily committing to report their discrepancies in pay.

A smaller number are also registering their pay… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.More trucks are being fitted with safety systems, and handbrake testing is changing, to guard against potentially fatal accidents.

Several people have been killed in recent years by runaway trucks… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.A homeless mother with six young children and a newborn had to pitch a tent during a storm after she said Work and Income declined to help her.

Mariska Kruger, from Napier, says the agency knew about… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The Commerce Commission's grocery study into the "supermarket duopoly" and its recommendations have just been released.

RNZ business reporter Nicholas Pointon outlined the key findings to Corin Dann.

8:27 AM.School principals are struggling to get rapid antigen tests, making Covid even more challenging for students and staff.

There have been 25,000 cases in schools and early learning services in the last… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.A Covid-19 modeller says there's a chance Aotearoa will experience twin peaks in its Omicron outbreak because of the early explosion of numbers in Auckland.

University of Canterbury mathematics… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Parliament will urgently pass a law this week, to place targeted sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin, and loyal supporters of his regime, over the invasion of Ukraine.

The Russia… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.With the borders now open for vaccinated New Zealanders to fly in and out without a stint in self-isolation, travellers are urged it's a case of 'buyer beware'.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.A new report suggests that working from home is more challenging for women than men.

The ASB/NZIER research shows that women are less likely to have ideal equipment and more likely to be lumbered… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Emergency ambulance services around the country have recorded their highest-ever number of 111 calls this past weekend.

On Sunday alone, St John and Wellington Free Ambulance recorded 2322 calls for… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Doctors are stepping up to cover nursing shifts as staff absences reach a critical point at Middlemore Hospital.

There were 195 people in the south Auckland hospital with Covid yesterday - a total of… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.A homeless mother with seven young children says she had to pitch a tent in a park during a storm after Work and Income told her it couldn't help.

Mariska Kruger, from Napier, says despite the agency… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.Economist Cameron Bagrie wants the Commerce Commission to turn the supermarket industry on its head today, so the problems can be properly fixed.

The Commission's long awaited report on the duopoly… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.A third round of talks between Russia and Ukraine have taken place in Belarus - after two previous sittings failed to make any progress toward peace.

It's understood the focus has once again been… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Urgent law will be passed this week so New Zealand can target sanctions against President Putin and the Oligarchs who support his invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian Sanctions Bill will stop them from… Read more Audio

6:54 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report with Gyles Beckford Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Consumer NZ hopes the Commerce Commission will move today to break up the supermarket duopoly.

Its long awaited report on the supermarket industry is due out at 8.30am.

Consumer NZ says it's… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The National Party is preparing to support the government to urgently pass law to target sanctions against Russia, its political leaders and wealthy oligarchs.

The proposed Russian Sanctions Bill… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.A brief update from the RNZ sports team with Barry Guy. Read more Audio

6:27 AM.News from the rural and farming sector with Sally Murphy. Read more Audio

6:26 AM.A brief update from the business sector with RNZ's business editor Gyles Beckford. Read more Audio

6:22 AM.Hawke's Bay Hospital in Hastings has set up a dedicated Covid-19 ward to manage the growing number of patients with the virus.

The number of patients has climbed sharply - it's shot up from zero to… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.Some homes in Porirua north of Wellington may be raised, relocated or bought-out as the City Council grapples with it's flood-prone future.

The Council is spending almost $18-million upgrading its… Read more Audio