Morning Report for Friday 23 September 2022

8:45 AM.It's time now for the Friday feature on Morning Report in which we dissect, discuss and analyse the political stories of the week.

They might be big issues, they might be small, nothing is off limits… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.One hundred years on from the first international football match between New Zealand and Australia, and more than a decade since their last encounter, two matches serve to break the dry spell between… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.It's one of our cheapest meats, but chicken comes with a unpleasant risk for the unwary.

Poultry is thought to be responsible for more than 80 percent of campylobacter infections and a public health… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Today Aotearoa will be the first country in the world to kick off a Global Climate Strike led by Fridays For Future.

Simultaneous protests, marches and rallies are being held in the main centres to… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has just spoken to media after another busy day at the United Nations general assembly.

Her schedule changed after Russia's war on Ukraine eclipsed other existential… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Whakaari - or White Island may have erupted again but faulty monitoring equipment meant it wasn't confirmed.

This follows large plumes of white steam, which reached a height of about 600 metres being… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.About 12,000 cows on New Zealand's largest feedlot are set to be culled from mid-October.

Mycoplasma bovis was first detected on the Five Star Beef feedlot in Ashburton about four years ago.

Now the… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The police have positioned themselves at the centre of a spreading web of surveillance cameras run by two private companies.

They can tap into footage from hundreds if not thousands of cameras that… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Many events are being held on Monday to mark the life and passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Included in the one-off public holiday is a national minute of silence at two in the afternoon.

Cafes, bars… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.The parents of Dunedin plumber Rory Nairn say their son was failed by health authorities.

A coroner this week ruled the 26-year-old died in November last year as a result of myocarditis caused by the… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Despite all their struggles this year, the All Blacks have the chance to collect a second trophy for 2022 when they host Australia in Auckland tomorrow night.

The Eden Park clash will help determine… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.A strong 5.8 earthquake rattled the top of the South Island, and lower North Island last night.

The quake was centred about thirty kilometres north-east of French Pass, about 50 kilometres deep and… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Russians here are terrified for their families back home.

President Vladimir Putin's call for thousands of extra troops to fight in Ukraine has sparked panic as people scramble to get out of the… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.More than 1000 protestors have been arrested across Russia following President Vladimir Putin's "mobilisation" announcement.

The order for 300,000  more Russian's with military experience to be… Read more Audio

6:52 AM.If you've ever wanted to try out driving a forklift or being a kiwifruit picker before signing onto the job, then this story is for you.

The Ministry of Social Development is giving those on the… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Christchurch is fighting back against the government's new rules for housing density and the Act party leader David Seymour was happy to stoke the fire at a public meeting last night.

Adam Burns went… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.New Zealand is positioning itself to expel its Russian Ambassador, as the illegal invasion of Ukraine ratchets up.

Vladimir Putin has repeated his threats of nuclear war and announced plans to hold… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has denied Russian abuses in Ukraine, calling instead for punishment of Kyiv's government.

Lavrov has spoken this morning at a meeting of the UN Security… Read more Audio