Morning Report for Monday 28 November 2022

8:47 AM.Activists and acdemics are joining forces to fight plans by Japan to start dumping nuclear waste from Tokyo Electric Power Company's damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Waka Kotahi says there's more work ahead on Wellington's road network following the weekend's soaking.

Lane closures were needed on State Highway 59, near Porirua, and State Highway 2, near Melling… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Regulars at a popular Wellington climbing wall say it's only a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt.

Climbers raised concerns that the facility at Fergs is unsafe, and WorkSafe has since… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.There's been another upset at the FIFA men's World Cup in Qatar overnight, with Morocco beating Belgium 2-0.

It's Morocco's first win at a World Cup since 1998, and against the World Number 2 team… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The government has announced $200 million a year to bring the wages of nurses working in aged care, hospice and Māori and Pasifika health in line with their hospital counterparts.

New Zealand Nurses… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.Dairy and migrant workers are calling for better protections after the killing of a worker in Auckland.

Janak Patel, 34, was fatally stabbed outside Rose Cottage Superette, Sandringham, on Wednesday… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The Government looks like its stepping back on a three waters provision that would make it harder for future governments to change the legislation

The Green Party wants any move to privatise water to… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.An Asia analyst says Covid-19 cases are rising exponentially in China and warning lights are flashing.

Wigram Capital Advisers economist Rodney Jones is predicting there'll be more than two million… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.The Education Review Office has gone public saying it has significant concerns about a primary school in Petone.

Wilford School has more than 200 children.

Education correspondent John Gerritsen… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The government is boosting the pay of thousands of health staff who work outside of hospitals to bring them in line with those who do.

Two hundred million dollars a year will be provided to fund the… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.On Monday dairy owners around the country will shut up shop for 2 hours in protest after a rise in crime and the death of a fellow worker.

Thirty-four-year-old Janak Patel was fatally stabbed while… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.Community groups in Gisborne have had enough of a spate of violence, so they're trying to think of new ways to stop it.

One solution is what they're calling a whānau ki te whānau whānau day - a… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.The motor industry says the price of second-hand cars will rise by up to 25 percent under the clean vehicle standard that kicks in, in January.

It says the fact the system for collecting payments is… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Jacinda Ardern has also signalled the government could reconsider a move to require a super majority to repeal part of the three waters legislation.

National intends to get rid of any three waters… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The Prime Minister says she understands why Aucklanders don't feel safe in their city, but argues the government is working to address people's concerns.

Jacinda Ardern attended the funeral of 34… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.Early voting begins today in the Hamilton West by-election.

It follows the removal of the former Hamilton West MP Gaurav Sharma from the Labour Party a few months ago.

Electoral Commission chief… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Cabinet has agreed to on-going funding of $200 million a year so nurses in aged-care facilities, hospices and Māori and Pacific health-care organisations can be paid more.

On Monday morning Health… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The Indian Community in New Zealand says the death of a dairy worker should not be in vain.

Janak Patel, who was fatally stabbed during a robbery at the Rose Cottage Superette last Wednesday, was… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.A provision in the three waters legislation requiring a sixty percent vote to repeal its protections against privatisation is being called "undemocratic" by the National Party.

The provision is… Read more Audio