Morning Report for Wednesday 17 August 2022

8:57 AM.A new survey reveals people who are still working home might be getting a little lazy two and a half years into the pandemic.

The survey found 69 percent of workers either can't find time to exercise… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.A year out from the 2023 election, law and order once again looks set to become a political football.

Labour, National, and now ACT have all unveiled law and order packages of varying powers and… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.An education law expert says white supremacist Philip Arps can legally stand as a candidate for Te Aratai College's board of trustees.

Barrister and solicitor Carol Anderson says the Education and… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.An independent review of WorkSafe cannot say whether the agency is reducing workplace harm or is cost effective.

The review was ordered by the Minister for Workplace Safety and Relations, Michael… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Christchurch Hospital's emergency department is again being overwhelmed by the numbers coming in for treatment.

On Tuesday 366 people arrived, and at 7pm there were 131 being cared for in the… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Imagine paying $100,000 a year just to insure your house.

That's the reality facing some homeowners in the near future, according to a climate economist and modeller.

Climate Sigma managing director… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Ocean View Rd is closed in Hillcrest between Pupuke Rd and Alton Ave due to an overnight police incident.

Finn Blackwell is at the scene Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Heavy rain warnings for Buller and Westland were upgraded to red by MetService yesterday, with the chance of dangerous river conditions, significant flooding, and slips blocking roads and possibly… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Students at a Hastings college have been sneaking Uber Eats at lunchtime. Hastings Boys' High School, which offers all its 800 students free lunches, has now banned them from ordering the takeaways.

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7:50 AM.Some Rotorua locals say it's only a matter of time before businesses take the law into their own hands to combat a spate of ram raids and other crimes.

Frustrated residents and shop owners met with… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.National Party leader Christopher Luxon is standing by his party's opposition to the so-called "waka jumping" legislation, which allows the Speaker to remove MPs who have left their party.

Labour's… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.The principal of Christchurch's Te Aratai College says voters should do their research on candidates standing in his school's board elections.

White supremacist Philip Arps was sentenced to 21 months… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Allegations of racism, sexual assault, homophobia, bullying and actively discouraging victims from going to the police are contained in a leaked copy of an investigation into Arise Church.

RNZ has… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.The Reserve Bank is expected to deliver a fourth consecutive 50 basis point rise in the official cash rate later today.

This would take the OCR to a seven-year high of 3 percent, as the Reserve Bank… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.An expert in climate risk is predicting in just 20 years a million dollar property on the Petone foreshore in Wellington could cost $100,000 dollars a year to insure.

Belinda Storey, from Climate… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Emergency operations are ramping up at the top of the South Island. Heavy rain warnings are in place around northern and western parts of the mainland with a state of emergency declared on the West… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The Labour Party caucus has unanimously voted to suspend Hamilton West MP Gaurav Sharma after he went rogue over the past week, with several allegations of bullying tabled against fellow MPs and… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Hokitika had already had 22 millimetres of rain between midnight and 6am, with much more on the way.

There's a red warning in place for the West Coast due to the threat from rain.

NIWA meteorologist… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.Heavy rain warnings for Buller and Westland were upgraded to red by MetService yesterday, with the chance of dangerous river conditions, significant flooding, and slips blocking roads and possibly… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.The Buller District was the subject of a Red Heavy Rain warning issued by the MetService yesterday, a forecast that was followed by a regional state of emergency for the West Coast.

Westport… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.Emergency operations are set to ramp up at the top of the South Island as another major flood looms large.

Heavy rain warnings are in place around northern and western parts of the mainland with a… Read more Audio