Morning Report for Tuesday 14 June 2022

8:55 AM.What colour would you rather see in the middle of Antarctica, green or orange?

The Scott Base research station is due for a paint job and votes close today for what colour it should be.

The station… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Student side-hustles are on the rise, with markets to sell handmade products being held in backyards, unused warehouses and on university campuses.

Students are also taking to social media to attract… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.The All Whites are set to play Costa Rica in an all-important one-off game in Qatar for a place in the men's World Cup.

The game kicks off at 6am Wednesday New Zealand Time. Former All Whites Ben… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.In New Zealand, more than 20,000 people, mostly women, work as teacher aides, assisting students with learning disabilities and special needs from early childhood to secondary school. Although new pay… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.A woman abused at home and in foster care says all she really wants is for people to hear her story and to make sure that it never happens again to any other child.

Now aged 67, she was one of three… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa will be welcomed at Parliament this morning on her first official visit to New Zealand since taking office.

But it was the Samoan community that first… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Waikanae residents affected by the Reikorangi Road closure are desperately hoping the route will be reopened today.

Kāpiti Coast District Council closed the road for the night, after falling trees… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Police say they're making significant progress - improving relationships with gun owners and building trust and confidence.

More than 61,000 firearms were surrendered in the buy-back and amnesty… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Chris Hipkins will replace Poto Williams as Police Minister in a Cabinet reshuffle.

The Prime Minister says the change will mean greater focus on supporting police to deal with escalating gang… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.A new petition is calling for faster action to make Auckland's Queen Street more pedestrian friendly.

The call has come from Green MP for Auckland Central Chlöe Swarbrick and the City Centre… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.The country's cycleway building programme faces a tough choice - to defer, delay or blowout on projects.

Documents released under the OIA show it's not just pandemic pressures but basic mistakes… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Debates at the water cooler will be in full swing for rugby fans today after yesterday's announcement of the first All Blacks squad of the year.

Six newcomers and a few notable omissions marked the… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Desperate principals warn that finding teachers to fill vacancies is becoming a nightmare in some parts of the country. While some teachers take off overseas, the traditional arrival of foreign… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Simplicity Living will meet with Fletcher Building this Friday, to ask for answers to the Gib supply crisis.

Simplicity has cancelled its contracts with Fletcher and instead started importing foreign… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Contractors on the Kāpiti Coast will begin working to reopen a road damaged by the wild weather at first light, after its closure left some residents stranded last night.

Power is still out to nearly… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.In Buller, Civil Defence urged residents in coastal areas to evacuate last night, due to the heavy rain, wind and high sea swells that were forecast.

But the weather has eased overnight, and there… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Poto Williams has been axed as Police Minister, but the Opposition has already turned its sights to her replacement, Chris Hipkins.

Two other big changes have happened, Trevor Mallard is headed… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.After months of calling for Poto Williams to be axed as Police Minister, National has got its wish but they have already turned their sights to her replacement, Chris Hipkins.

The Government has been… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The second installment of the public hearings by the committee investigating the 6 January insurrection took place earlier this morning.

It showed the former president Donald Trump was clearly told… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.A proposal to negotiate a unified pay agreement between public sector unions and the Government is on the table.

The plan would cover workers including nurses, doctors, teachers, public servants, and… Read more Audio