Morning Report for Wednesday 22 February 2023

8:56 AM.After a noisy night-time entrance through the cat flap, a young owl has made itself at home with South Canterbury man Rory Foley and his cat. "He seems very happy with me, he seems very safe. And I… Read more Video, Audio

8:49 AM.Hundreds of Northlanders are still having to get by without electricity more than week after Cyclone Gabrielle hit.

In the Kaipara district alone - there were 300 properties still cut off yesterday-… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Te Matatini is due to start on Wednesday at Eden Park.

Pokere Paewai spoke to Guyon Espiner.
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8:43 AM.Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei have welcomed more than 1000 kaihaka to Tāmaki Makaurau for Te Matatini.

Haka groups from across the country have arrived in Auckland for the festival - with the first… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Turkey and Syria are still grappling with a severe aftershock yesterday, prompted a fresh wave of panic.

At least three people were killed, hundreds injured and rescuers are once again searching in… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Local Government New Zealand is today launching a campaign called Adopt a Community, where councils can start raising funds for the Mayoral Relief Funds of areas hard hit by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Local… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.More households are seeing their lights come back on, with about 9000 properties still without power.

As the network is gradually restored, the sector says now's the time to review regulations around… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.In the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, the question of whether to rebuild in flood-prone areas is yet to be answered.

The Prime Minister says he's not ruling out red zones for the hardest hit areas… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.Wairoa's rural community faces a huge cleanup after Cyclone Gabrielle sent water and silt raging through their properties and across their paddocks.

The Army was out yesterday helping some of the… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Vladimir Putin has taken aim at the US and the West, blaming both for provoking Russia's war against Ukraine and escallating it. 

In a bitter two hour state of the nation address the President said… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.With the country still in a state of emergency, the usual political scuffling between the two major parties is more low-key than usual.

As the Labour government announced the first of what it… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.The Official Cash Rate is expected to rise by 50-basis-points today, up to 4.75 percent.

But the decision of Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr will be under the microscope with major economic… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Search and rescue teams are still combing the streets for people needing help, more than a week after Cyclone Gabrielle struck.

About 800 people in Hawkes Bay and Tai Rāwhiti are still unaccounted… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.The big job of repairing the roads comes with big decsions for local authorities - which ones get fixed first?

The work's not easy, and it's not clean. 

Phil Pennington joined major contractor… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Heavy rain appears to be on its way to Hawke's Bay and Tai Rāwhiti on Thursday and Friday, after a week of relative calm following Cyclone Gabrielle.

The stormy weather could be at its worst in… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Gisborne businesses are battling water shortages to keep their doors open, with some forced to cart in thousands of litres from home tanks. 

Many have been closed until Tuesday, when the Council… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.In Hawkes Bay, the water is now mostly gone, but the dust has taken its place.

Thousands of tonnes of silt left by floodwater is being baked in the sun.

Reporter Timothy Brown visited the rural… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.Waihau sheep and beef farmer Isabelle Crawshaw says she and others in her rural Hawke's Bay community are still looking at weeks of enforced isolation.

As relief workers look to reconnect her… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Some communities on the East Coast are still stuck as they wait for roads to be fixed.

Te Puia Springs remains isolated, with State Highway 35 closed to Tolaga Bay.

Wairoa has had access restored to… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.The High Court has shot down a bid by three councils seeking to have their property rights declared by a court over the Three Waters reform.

The Timaru, Waimakariri and Whangārei councils wanted the… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.Millions of dollars in new support will be available from today for farmers and growers walloped by the cyclone. 

The $25 million worth of grants is for urgent work, including fencing, and clearing… Read more Audio