Morning Report for Thursday 1 September 2022

8:59 AM.A soldier in Ukraine spoke to RNZ reporter Charlotte Cook about what it is like fighting on the front line. Read more Audio

8:56 AM.A charity working to train dogs to detect cancer in urine, has just been gifted a nine-week-old detector pup by the police.

K9 Medical Detection NZ is working with seven dogs, to develop diagnostic… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.The Silver Scroll Award is considered the most coveted prize in New Zealand music, celebrating the art of song writing.

The top five finalists for the 2022 APRA Silver Scroll have just been… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Money was slapped on the table during a fiery meeting of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council yesterday.

Some locals are fuming after the council allowed a private company to continue to defer paying… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.There are plenty of local government candidates campaigning on the platform of lower rates and better services - but is that likely?

Or even possible?

The 2022 Ratepayers Report is out today, and… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The last leader of the Soviet Union is being remembered from two vastly different views: with love from abroad, but loathing at home.

Mikhail Gorbachev, known for his pivotal role in ending the Cold… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.A new survey of about 400 Asian New Zealanders shows more than 80 percent have engaged in online gaming or online gambling over the past year.

The study was done by Trace Research and commissioned by… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Conspiracy theorists are running for local council elections across the country.

But many of them aren't sharing their views as part of their electoral campaign.

FACT Aotearoa have been checking up… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.It came out of the blue - the Government was going to put a tax on KiwiSaver fees which would have netted $225 million per year from 2026.

The idea had been scrapped within 24 hours, the Government… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.New Zealand's Antarctic scientists are using underwater robots to survey the seafloor of the Ross Sea.

Through videos and specimens collected by the robots, they want to understand how climate change… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Tributes are flowing for the late Princess Diana, as the world marks 25 years since her death.

Flowers and messages are sprawled along the bridge above the Paris underpass where Diana, her boyfriend… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.An Essity paper mill worker who only joined the company recently says his financial situation is desperate as he enters his third week with no pay.

Brook Collier is one of 145 mill workers locked out… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.New Zealand Cricket say they're confident there won't be a mass exodus of Black Caps players to high-paying Twenty20 leagues, after the international retirement of Colin de Grandhomme yesterday.

The… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Thousands more children are now going to school each day as Covid-19 numbers drop.

But while attendance is well up on the end of the last term, principals are still struggling with high numbers of… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.As a flood of conspiracy theorists and extremists stand for local elections, there's a new campaign to educate voters on who they elevate to the halls of power.

Local Government New Zealand this… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.As a flood of conspiracy theorists and extremists stand for local elections, there's a new campaign to educate voters on who they elevate to the halls of power.

Local Government New Zealand this… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.The Government's backdown on charging 15 percent GST on KiwiSaver fees comes after a chorus of opposition to the move.

It would have netted it millions of dollars a year in extra revenue, but angered… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.A KiwiSaver fund manager says the government will have learned a valuable lesson with its GST u-turn: Mess with KiwiSaver at your peril.

The government abandoned plans to apply GST to fees less than… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.A former New Zealand soldier now fighting on Ukraine's front line is certain the body of New Zealand soldier Dominic Abelen is in Russian hands.

The man, who RNZ has agreed not to name, was a close… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.A housing analyst says the drop in property values may start to ease but he does not expect a significant bounce back.

CoreLogic's House Price Index shows values have fallen a further 1.8 percent in… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Figures from an international e-commerce company show the cost of fruit and vegetables in New Zealand have risen by almost 16 percent since the start of the year.

It's the twelfth highest rise out of… Read more Audio

6:38 AM.'Take your hand out of the cookie jar' was the public backlash to the government's proposed GST tax on KiwiSaver accounts.

This led to the proposed bill - which would have netted it hundreds of… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Twenty five years - that's how long it's been since Princess Diana's tragic and untimely death.

In Paris, mourners marked the sombre anniversary by leaving flowers by the underpass where Diana, her… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Russia is shutting down gas supplies from a major pipeline to Europe for the next three days.

A Kremlin spokesman blamed Western sanctions against Russia, which he claimed prevented normal repair… Read more Audio