Morning Report for Friday 10 June 2022

8:56 AM.We cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Only four players from the Black Sticks women's hockey team who won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games have been named in the squad for the looming title defence in Birmingham.

But if a team of… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Political leaders from around the world are gathered in Germany this week for the Bonn Climate Change Conference.

The climate campaign group Plant Based Treaty wants to see the conference endorse a… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.A leading researcher into achieving smokefree targets has been given a top accolade.

Otago University professor Professor Janet Hoek has been awarded the 2022 Critic and Conscience of Society Award.

8:38 AM.England's players say Brendon McCullum has made a profound impact as their new Test coach and that confidence levels are bubbling heading into the second Test against New Zealand starting tomorrow.

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8:25 AM.Vaccine researchers are increasingly interested in the pursuit of a universal coronavirus vaccine that is resistant to all variants.

University of Auckland vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris spoke… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The red severe thunderstorm warning has lifted for Kāpiti, Masterton and Wairarapa, but no one is clear of the danger yet.

A watch is still in place for much of the country.

MetService meteorologist… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.The Government is proposing to change electoral law to allow Maori voters to switch between the general roll and the Māori roll to any time.

At the moment, Māori voters can only switch every five… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.Tommy Murray died suddenly last week in a Naenae gym.

He was 54, a father and grandfather who wore a mataora - a full facial moko.

His Northland whanau forcibly took his body for burial at his… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.As New Zealand edges closer to overhauling the way it manages water, the Local Government Minister is defending the co-governance model of sharing decision making with iwi.

Legislation paving the way… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.E-mails reveal the Napier City Council bowed to pressure from anti-vaxxers, closing most of its main library earlier this year over complaints they couldn't use it.

Instead the council set up a… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.We're down to four in Super Rugby Pacific, with the Crusaders expected to face a fierce Chiefs challenge in the first semi-final in Christchurch tonight, before the table-topping Blues host the… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.A former journalist who made an investigative podcast about the Alan Hall case says he believes there is a credible alternative suspect for the murder.

Several investigations have been launched after… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.The government has announced ambitious targets to improve school attendance.

Truancy have been rising since 2015 and last year only 60 percent students attended regularly during term two.

The… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will sit-down with her Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, today for their first formal talks since his election.

Albanese's Labor Party won Australia's Federal… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.The Kāpiti Coast is experiencing thunderstorms and heavy rain, after having spent yesterday afternoon cleaning up from a tornado which damaged several homes, cars and businesses.

Wellington Region… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.An Auckland building company has launched an attack on Fletcher Building, accusing the construction giant of causing supply chain delays for Gib board.

Simplicity Living, which is owned by KiwiSaver… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.Death sentences have been handed down to two British men and a Moroccan national who were captured while fighting for the Ukrainian army.

The three men are accused of being mercenaries in a… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Another storm system is about to hit Kāpiti Coast after more wild weather overnight following yesterday's tornado.

Several homes were in its path, tearing down fences, ripping off parts of roofs and… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.The special committee investigating the 6 January US Capitol riot is promising new evidence which will prove former President Donald Trump was at the heart of the attack.

The panel is holding its… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.The High Court has heard from New Zealand First Foundation donors who believed the money they gave the foundation was actually going party leader Winston Peters.

Two men are on trial in Auckland this… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.Another storm system is about to hit Kapiti Coast after more wild weather overnight following yesterday's tornado.

Several homes were in it's path, tearing down fences, ripping off parts of roofs and… Read more Audio