Morning Report for Monday 13 June 2022

8:50 AM.The Warehouse has a 'Healthy Heater Swap' and is inviting anyone using a portable indoor LPG gas heater to trade it in for an electric option for free.

Indoor LPG gas heaters emit significant amounts… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.A New Plymouth intermediate school is appealing to the community for help with what it says is a growing vaping problem.

Highlands Intermediate has disciplined 17 students so far this year for vaping… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.State-run foster care will be the focus of the week-long Abuse in Care Inquiry starting today.

People who were abused and neglected while in foster care will tell their stories of surviving in the… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.A property developer is suing Christchurch City Council for $19 million over a blighted office block it wants to demolish in a busy central mall.

Two dozen court filings show claims and counterclaims… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Twelve candidates are contesting this coming Saturday's Tauranga by-election which was forced by the resignation of former National Party MP Simon Bridges.

Labour, National and Act are standing… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has arrived in New Zealand on her first bilateral visit to any country since taking office nearly a year ago.

She will be welcomed to Parliament tomorrow… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Some Mt Albert residents want lighting along a pathway where a man was recently fatally stabbed - but their pleas may go unheeded.

Twenty-five-year-old student Thomas Coombes was found dead on the… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has hailed her visit to Sydney as a "reset" of a trans-Tasman relationship which had soured in recent years - primarily over Australia's intractible stance on its 501… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.More heavy rain and potentially large hail is likely for western and northern regions, and strong squally wind gusts could also hit 130 kilometres per hour as a slow-moving winter storm hits much of… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Is it time to bring walk shorts back into work places?

Some people think so.

The infamous office shorts and knee-high socks combo had to be petitioned to allow workers to wear them, becoming popular… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.All Blacks coach Ian Foster will unveil his 36-man squad to face Ireland at midday today - and in doing so, perhaps give a pointer to his thoughts ahead of next year's World Cup.

A host of positions… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.The Pulse thrashed the Stars 56-37 in Wellington yesterday to be crowned national netball champions after finishing fifth last year.

All signs were pointing to a close ANZ Premiership grand final but… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.Hundreds of dead Little Blue penguins are washing up on beaches around the Far North.

RNZ has previously reported more than 40 had been found dead in Tokerau Beach over the space of two weeks, but… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.A Google engineer claims one of the company's artificial intelligence robots has come to life.

Blake Lemoine told the Washington Post he spends hours talking to a tool called LaMDA and came away… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Snow down south is set to give the Cardrona ski field its best start to the season in decades.

Part of the mountain opened this weekend and blizzard-like conditions dumped a further 60-centimeters… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.Waka Kotahi says the Harbour Bridge may close on Monday morning, due to high winds.

A crash is blocking one lane headed into the city on the Southern after the Princes St off-ramp. Motorists should… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.More heavy rain and potentially large hail is likely for western and northern regions, and strong squally wind gusts could also hit 130 kilometres per hour as a slow-moving winter storm hits much of… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has hailed her visit to Sydney as a "reset" of a trans-Tasman relationship which had soured in recent years - primarily over Australia's intractible stance on its 501… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.A New Plymouth drag performer says a torrent of abuse directed at a Rainbow Storytime event at the Puke Ariki Library in the city has left her dismayed.

Sunita Torrance and Daniel Lockett perform as… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Flooding in Porirua is threatening homes and has closed roads.

At least three homes in the city flooded yesterday, and that number could rise today.

Porirua mayor Anita Baker spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

6:22 AM.The State foster care system will be the focus of the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care hearings this week.

Five hundred people have come forward to the inquiry saying they were abused while in… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.A bipartisan group of US senators have agreed on a proposal for very limited gun safety legislation.

They've announced a gun safety framework including support for state "red flag" laws, tougher… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.Wild weather has thrashed the country over the weekend, leaving floods, tornadoes, hail and damage in it's path.

There is nowhere to hide from it with 38 weather warnings and watches across the motu.