Morning Report for Tuesday 7 March 2023

8:55 AM.Thousands of Harry Styles fans flocked to Auckland's Mount Smart stadium yesterday.. but it wasn't to see the English pop star perform. 

Fans from around the country gathered 29 hours before the… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Engineers investigating the design of warehouses have found almost half are poorly designed, and there's a risk of their heavy concrete walls falling over.

Their new report, coming eight years after… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.More than five weeks on from the region's devastating anniversary weekend floods, a displaced West Auckland family says it has still been unable to access the city's Mayoral relief fund and funding… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.The Carterton District Council is flying its flag at half mast today in honour of its former mayor Georgina Beyer who died yesterday.

Her election as Mayor in 1995 and then later as an MP, attracted… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Fruit and vegetable growers trying to get back on their feet after Cyclone Gabrielle say more government funding is still just a start and much more is needed.

The Government has added another $26… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Wellington Water has had an urgent plea to the City Council for $10 million to carry out fixes to its dilapidated network - but was declined. 

The Council instead gave them $2.3 million in its annual… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.The Government's hit the brakes on making emissions reductions its top transport priority, and it's blaming Cyclone Gabrielle. 

It had wanted in its three-year plan to reallocate some of the money… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.The Green Party is urging the government to keep climate as a key priority when when it comes to transport funding.

Twenty-four hours ago Transport Minister Michael Wood was talking up putting… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.The Hastings community is getting tails wagging at an animal evacuation centre.

There are about 50 animals at the temporary HUHA shelter, including roughly 30 dogs.

People are coming in droves to… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Adapting for climate change may not as economically costly as both supporters and opponents of decisive action have long supposed.

That's according to a new Turning Point report out today from the… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Cyclone-hit farmers want more Government money in order to recover from the disaster.

The government has doubled its fund for cyclone-affected farmers and growers, with another $26 million added to… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Wairoa is demanding the town not be forgotten, as it starts to grapple with tough questions about its future. 

Three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle, the northern Hawke's Bay town remains cut off in… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.It's census day and the count of all the people in New Zealand is underway.

National census day has been extended by up to eight weeks for areas pummelled by the recent cyclone, but that's not the… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.The country's first openly transgender Mayor and MP Georgina Beyer is being remembered as a fearless fighter for rainbow rights whose love and compassion will live on forever.

She died yesterday at… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.New Zealand's being warned it needs to wake up to the threat of online voter manipulation in  this year's election.

Experts say the country should consider Europe's move to ban microtargeting that… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The Government's hit the brakes on making emissions reductions its top transport priority, saying Cyclone Gabrielle has changed everything.. 

It was planning to channel some of the money normally… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.It's Census Day - and time to fill in your form if you haven't already done so.

The last big count in 2018 was roundly criticised for having the lowest response rate in 50 years, particularly among… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The Government's hit the brakes on making emissions reductions its top transport priority, saying Cyclone Gabrielle has changed everything.

It had wanted in its three-year plan to reallocate some of… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.Fox News is fighting a massive defamation lawsuit over false claims of election fraud it aired during the US 2020 presidential race.

In its defence, the right-wing network is betting on a decades-old… Read more Audio