Morning Report for Tuesday 29 November 2022

8:56 AM.In their first international trip since becoming Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Catherine will visit the US this week amid an ongoing row with Prince Harry.

The royal couple's attending… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.A company specialising in decarbonisation wants to build a facility to suck millions of tonnes of climate pollution out of the air by 2030.

Sceptics say it is prohibitively expensive and we instead… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Covid-19 is flaring up in China, and so are protests in many cities and campuses across the world's most-populous nation and second-largest economy.

The unprecedented dissent has been spurred by the… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.The media mega-merger is paying out up to almost $9000 dollars a week for some high-paying jobs being done by contractors.

At least a quarter of transition money of $38 million set aside to combine… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.The controversial entrenchment clause in the Three Waters legislation has been kicked back to Parliament's business committee for another look which could include discussion about repealing it.

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8:23 AM.Fewer retirees are living in houses they own, and many are struggling to afford food and rent.

Forty percent of people aged 65 and over have virtually no other income besides their superannuation -… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Ram raiders who may have been let go by police could now be chased in a revision to fleeing driving policy. 

Announcing the policy Andrew Coster said changes introduced two years ago had seen an… Read more Audio

8:08 AM.The Government is scrambling to take a tougher line on crime in the face of extraordinary pressure.
 
Dairy owners yesterday shut up shop to commemorate the slain shopkeeper Janak Patel and to call… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.Fieldays is one of the most reliable events on the agricultural calendar, making a splash in June almost every year of its half-century history.

The four-day event, which runs November 30 to December… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Schools are being warned there are gaps in their defences against hackers.

The Education Ministry report has found many teachers and principals did not know enough about cybersecurity and their… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Hamilton is one locale that will benefit from a new government fund to combat local crime.

Waikato is the police district with the highest individual number of ram raids - thirty-nine from June to… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The battle for the hearts and minds of Hamilton West voters is well underway with locals treated to a special debate.

December's byelection was triggered by the fomer Labour MP Gaurav Sharma's… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Health bosses are worried patients won't turn up to emergency departments when they need to, as long waits and overcrowding continues.

EDs in most main centre hospitals are working at winter levels… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.An expert says WorkSafe took weeks to visit two sites that were identified as storing potentially catastrophic amounts of explosive substances.

One of the companies was described as an "onshore… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.A review of retirement in New Zealand has identified big inequities in how people here experience the later years of life.

The Retirement Commission says fewer retirees are living in houses they own… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Anti-government protests continue across many Chinese cities in the wake of the country's zero-Covid policy three years.

Demonstrators say they are frustrated by the government's belief that the… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Police have announced they will increase presence and visibility in areas experiencing most harm from retail crime, following the homicide in Sandringham last week.

But will it keep workers safe?

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7:09 AM.The government is scrambling to take a tougher line on crime in the face of extraordinary pressure - splashing cash and signalling potentially more changes to come. 

Dairy owners yesterday shut up… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.Many dairy owners are underwhelmed by the goverment's new anti-crime measures.

Instead they're calling for harsher punishments for crimimals in response to ram raids and thefts. 

That's Sunny… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.This government is "soft on crime", and offenders are operating "with impunity".

That's what the National Party says about the government's latest plans for tackling retail crime. 

The party says… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.Two French football fans have embarked on a Tour de France of sorts to watch their beloved France defend their title at the World Cup.

Mehdi Balamissa and Gabriel Martin spent three months travelling… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.A niece of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been arrested after calling on foreign governments to cut all ties with Tehran's quote, "murderous and child-killing" regime.

Farideh… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.The goverment and the police are fighting to shake off claims they are "soft on crime".

Small  retailers are being offered a $4000 dollar payment to help cover the cost of having a fog cannon… Read more Audio