Morning Report for Thursday 9 March 2023

8:56 AM.With more than 10,000 episodes across six decades, Coronation Street has undergone many changes, including with its film set.

That comes with a large environmental cost but recently, the television… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.New Zealand and Australian scientists have made a fairly startling discovery - an enzyme that turns air into electricity.

After studying bacteria in soil that can oxidise hydrogen, scientists… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Expecting parents in Porirua are thrilled about a new birthing centre owned and operated by Ngāti Toa.

Te Puna Wairua was opened yesterday by the Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro.

Ashleigh McCaull… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.A New Plymouth couple - whose home is teetering on the edge of a massive slip on council-owned land - is seeking legal advice after councillors voted not to pay to help fix the problem.

David and… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.A group of flood affected residents in West Auckland has sent an open letter to the council asking for immediate rates relief.

The letter says many families can't  live in their homes anymore, and… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.The Black Caps are pushing the reset button ahead of their first assignment after the highs of a remarkable test win over England in Wellington last week.

They face a Sri Lankan test team in… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.People in a remote East Coast town are growing worried as winter nears, with dozens of whānau living in cyclone-damaged homes. 

Ūawa, or Tolaga Bay, was hit by both Cyclone Hale and Gabrielle.

It's… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.A Waikato council is considering banning most vehicles from using certain rural roads at night to stop racers causing mayhem.

Waipa residents have been complaining for months that they feel… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.The country's health entity has admitted there are mistakes in its published data and says it will correct it over time.

The incorrect figures were used by the Health Minister Ayesha Verrall… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Polyfest has kicked off in Tāmaki Makaurau 

On Thursday, secondary school-aged performers were welcomed at a pōwhiri for the event's 48th anniversary.

Polyfest's theme this year is Mana Motuhake… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.A truck carrying gas canisters and other chemicals dramatically exploded in fireballs on the Southern Motorway in Auckland on Thursday causing chaos.

The motorway was closed, causing hours-long… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.The Green Party is calling for immediate action to tax banks for any excess profits they make.

Green Party revenue spokesperson Chlöe Swarbrick says the Australian banks are making roughly 20-percent… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Te Whatu Ora admits there are some errors in its official figures on emergency department waiting times. 

Data showed a dramatic improvement in the EDs in the Northland, Southern and Taranaki regions… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Ukraine has denied any involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, which were built to carry Russian natural gas to Germany.

It follows a media report citing new US intelligence a… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.Auckland residents in the suburb of Papakura are concerned about chemical spillage affecting their properties after a truck explosion yesterday on the Southern Motorway.

The truck was carrying gas… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.National is keeping the heat on the government over the rising spend on contractors in the public service.

But its scattergun approach in the fraught health sector has shot wide of the mark with both… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Some health professionals are describing Te Whatu Ora's data on emergency department wait times as "gobbledygook", saying the authority is either fudging the numbers, or has made a huge error.

One… Read more Audio

6:51 AM.Wild weather has hit the West Coast overnight.

MetService says the West Coast, from Fiordland to Greymouth, is currently experiencing downpours and highly-active thunderstorms

Almost-two thousand… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Fox News continues to be exposed like never before.

A trove of documents released in the defamation lawsuit against the right-wing channel has offered a glimpse at the internal deliberations over… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.A group of Kāpiti Coast kairaranga or weavers, has been teaching the local council harakeke tikanga after they say several flax plants were butchered last year.

There's a call for similar workshops… Read more Audio