Morning Report for Wednesday 7 September 2022

8:57 AM.Rafael Nadal has been knocked out of the US Open in a shock four-set loss to American Frances Tiafoe.

The men's and women's singles competitions are now into the quarter-final stage, with Norway's… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Latest figures from Statistics New Zealand show greenhouse gas emissions dropped in 10 out of 16 regions between 2019 and last year.

Some regions fared worse than others with Waikato's emissions… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Thousands of New Zealand residents are languishing in a queue for citizenship while some new applicants are being approved within weeks.

Among those waiting are relatives needing a passport to visit… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Australia has come away with a nervy two-wicket victory against New Zealand in the opening one-day cricket international of the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy in Cairns.

Devon Conway top scored for New… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Researchers at Auckland University have published two papers looking at the nationalist extremist group Action Zealandia.

Senior Lecturer Chris Wilson and Stuff reporter James Halpin worked on the… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Boris Johnson has said farewell, and Liz Truss has delivered her first speech as UK Prime Minister.

BBC correspondent Rob Watson spoke to Susie Ferguson. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The Mayor of the Far North is unhappy, saying Northland was put into lockdown for 11 days last October for no reason.

RNZ this morning revealed that the two women with Covid-19 who sparked a lockdown… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Wellington's Mt Victoria bus tunnel is closed after debris from the hillside above it fell on a bus yesterday.

Wellington City Council spokesperson Richard Maclean spoke to Susie Ferguson. Read more Audio

7:50 AM.National leader Christopher Luxon believes the government's plan to tackle youth crime fails to address sanctions for repeated offenders.

A new package has been unveiled to tackle youth crime… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Canada's largest manhunt continues, after a string of fatal stabbings in the Saskatchewan province on Sunday.

The body of one of the suspects Damien Sanderson has been found but his brother Myles is… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.A defence lawyer for a businessman at the centre of a political donations trial has told the court his client did not conceal his identity.

The lengthy judge-alone trial in the High Court in Auckland… Read more Audio

7:33 AM.Major foreign tech companies with billions to spend on data centres have been strongly wooing the Government.

Seven of them, including global giants Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, sought… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.In her first speech as British Prime Minister Liz Truss promised to "get Britons working again", solve the energy crisis and fix the NHS - no small order.

Appearing outside 10 Downing Street she… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.A police investigation into the women who prompted an 11-day lockdown in Northland last year shows police didn't lay charges because the women got sick, and couldn't work the jobs they said they… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.The whānau of two Māori students who attend Epsom Girls' Grammar say they are upset their children were  asked to perform a karakia on a human skeleton found at the prestigious Auckland school. 

They… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.High failure rates in a trial-run of new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests are alarming principals.

One school head told RNZ all their students failed the writing test and others reported pass rates… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.A study has found taking 3800 steps per day can meaningfully reduce dementia risk.

The study collected daily step counts for more than 78,000 healthy adults, and seven years later followed up to see… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The government's $53 million "Better Pathways" package to steer youth offenders towards study and work is getting a positive response from those at the coal face.

Te Reretai Hauiti is the workforce… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Residents of Glenorchy face an uncertain future after a study detailed significant natural hazards facing the small Otago settlement.

The study found that an earthquake is likely to result in severe… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.The North Island town of Bulls is the epitome of local government apathy.

Its district councillors have been elected unopposed and turnout in a recent by-election was barely over 15 percent.

… Read more Audio