Morning Report for Thursday 22 September 2022

8:56 AM.If you happen to be on the West Coast in the next month or two, keep a close eye out for the world's third rarest penguins - Tawaki.

Also known as the Fiordland Crested Penguin, there are only about… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.A Rotorua kura kaupapa is hoping to pull off a great upset on the national hockey scene, becoming the little kura that could.

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamata has only 180 students, and only 30… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua has raised concerns about the Jamaican players' welfare ahead of tonight's second test.

The Silver Ferns thrashed the Jamaican netballers, the Sunshine Girls… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.A rule quietly ushered in and affecting properties across the Hastings district coastline has left residents frustrated, puzzled and out of pocket.

Hastings District Council is using new coastal… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Three-quarters of wild fish in southern New Zealand are filled with microplastics, according to a new Otago University study.

It's the first such study in those waters, which researchers say… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.New Zealand is teaming up with tech firm Microsoft to fund research into social media algorithms.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement yesterday in New York.

The initiative has… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.As Russian forces battle a Ukrainian counter-offensive that has reclaimed significant territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a partial military mobilisation that would see 300,000… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Wellington's mayoral candidates are considering ways to reshape the city centre, with fewer cars, congestion charging, and fewer on-street parks.

Tory Whanau, Paul Eagle and Andy Foster expressed… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.The Ministry of Education turned down air purifiers taken out of MIQ hotels for use in schools at a time when Omicron was surging and it was still waiting for its own order to arrive in the country.

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7:44 AM.The New York state attorney general has sued former US President Donald Trump, his children and the Trump Organisation for fraud.

Attorney General Letitia James' alleges Mr Trump was involved in an… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.An investigation is set to examine any potential conflict of interest in contracts between government agencies and the consultancy company owned by Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta's husband.

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7:33 AM.Demand for security at retailers is growing amid a series of recent smash and grabs.

The eight masked youths who carried out a daylight attack on a jewellery store at St Luke's Mall in Auckland are… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Tuesday's violent smash in grab in Auckland has community patrol groups on high alert.

Jeweller Stewart Dawson's at St Luke's mall was the latest target in what many fear is an escalating crime wave… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Jacinda Ardern is in New York for a meeting of the UN.

RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch is also there following her.

He spoke to Susie Ferguson. Read more Audio

7:19 AM.The Prime Minister says it is deeply concerning how freely President Putin is talking about using nuclear weapons.

In a standup at the UN Assembly she reaffirmed that New Zealand condemns Russia's… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he was mobilising more troops as Moscow loses ground on the Ukraine battlefield.

In a televised address, he said the West wanted to end Russia, just as it… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.A new kind of farming could soon be having an impact on the rural landscape - paddocks of solar panels instead of cattle or crops.

A UK based company has just been given approval to install about… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Leading academics at the University of Otago are urging the Government to launch an inquiry into New Zealand's Covid-19 pandemic response before memories of it are lost.

Since 1936, all sudden mass… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.Heavy rain in Tairāwhiti is delaying repair works on more than 600 roads.

The council says grounds are still saturated from last week's deluge, and many parts still haven't recovered from previous… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Thousands of overseas-born parents and grandparents are waiting on a review of residence policy.

Some parents of New Zealand residents and citizens have been here since the pandemic, but face having… Read more Audio