Morning Report for Monday 13 March 2023

8:54 AM.Birders are recording more kererū, piwakawaka, and tūī in their backyards each year, according to the garden bird survey.

Manaaki Whenua - landcare research - has been co-ordinating the mid-winter… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Flood records have been swept aside in Burke, in Northern Queensland, Australia, where vast swathes of the Gulf of Carpentaria are underwater. 

Most residents of Burketown were flown to safety, while… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.New Zealand dancer Hannah O'Neill was recently named a star - étoile - at the exclusive Paris Opera Ballet - the world's oldest ballet company.

The promotion was announced without warning after a… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Wheelchair users are being charged up to four times as much for tickets to sporting events and concerts.  

Many in the community feel they're being discriminated against. 

Jonty Dine reports. 
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8:41 AM.The Black Caps will require one of their best test match run chases to overhaul Sri Lanka on Monday in Christchurch.

Sri Lanka were bowled out yesterday evening with a lead of 285, and this morning… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.There are growing calls for the government to consider a managed-retreat from flood-prone areas in West Auckland.

Some residents are asking Auckland Council to step up, as retreat could take years to… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The West Coast is one of the few places left where house prices remain affordable. 

Households spend less than 25 percent of their income on mortgage repayments, while the national average is nearly… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Bar owners are questioning the purpose of police marching into venues on Wellington's Courtenay Place, saying they're intimidating patrons and staff, and escalating tensions.

Some owners say up to a… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.One of the largest banks in the US has collapsed after it faced a bank run with customers scrambling to withdraw their cash.

Silicon Valley Bank was the sixteenth-largest bank in the US by market… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.To Hollywood, where nobody's rolling out the red carpet for the Oscars this year.

No, it's not because the event's been cancelled after controversies in recent years - from the Will Smith slap… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The Fijian Drua have pulled off an almighty shock in Super Rugby this week, beating the defending champion Crusaders 25-points-to-24 in Lautoka on Saturday.

The win sparked wild celebrations for the… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The BBC is struggling to restore public confidence in its impartiality, after a presenter who criticised proposed immigration policy was stood down.

Former England soccer captain Gary Lineker, the… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Schools in Auckland and Wellington will suffer the biggest losses as school rolls fall in the next ten years. 

Education Ministry projections show the Wellington region's school populations could… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.An Auckland bus driver has been stabbed in Mount Roskill.

It's understood the knife scraped - but did not puncture - the driver's lungs meaning he avoided invasive surgery.

A 62-year-old man who… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Over to Los Angeles this morning, the city is getting ready for one of the biggest nights in Hollywood - the Oscars.

Among the nominations is New Zealand made Avatar: The Way of Water - for best… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.One of the largest banks in the US has collapsed after it faced a bank run with customers scrambling to withdraw their cash.

Silicon Valley Bank was the sixteenth-largest bank in the U-S by market… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.A local councillor says it's lucky nobody died in a gang-related shooting in Pukekohe on Sunday.

Dozens of police were called to the area around Birdwood Road East in the southern Auckland town.

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7:10 AM.Wellington police are being accused of intimidating bar patrons and staff in Courtenay Place and escalating tensions in the Capital's party central. 

Police and paramedics are targeting the area on… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Residents in Ōtāne and Waipawa can now drink from their taps after a 26-day boil water notice was lifted. 

The notice affected nearly twenty per cent of residents in the Central Hawke's Bay… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A Te Kahui o Taranaki project is not only helping to put food on the table during a cost of living crisis, it's also putting iwi members back in touch with traditional gardening practices.

Tātai… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.New data released by National shows retail crime is up by almost 40 percent compared with 2022. 

There is now an average of 292 retail crimes recorded each day. 

Police say the data is skewed… Read more Audio