Morning Report for Friday 17 March 2023

8:42 AM.Just over two weeks after their historic test win over England in Wellington, the Black Caps are back at the Basin chasing a series clean sweep of Sri Lanka.

New Zealand beat Sri Lanka on the last… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.There is a buzz in the air in Christchurch with the international high speed sailing competition SailGP arriving for its New Zealand debut this weekend.

A crowd of about 15,000 will converge on… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Teachers could resort to further strike action if unions and the government can't sort out a collective agreement soon.

Tens of thousands of teachers walked off the job yesterday with current… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The Hastings District Council isn't ruling out rezoning land so more houses can be built, but not at the cost of prized productive land.

Cyclone Gabrielle has damaged and destroyed homes… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The union for Auckland Council staff wants the mayor to know librarians do more than just check out books, after he wondered why the city's 50 odd libraries could not be run by volunteers. 

Faced… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.The opposition is braying for Stuart Nash to lose his remaining ministerial warrants. 

He's resigned from the police portfolio - after criticising the courts and asking the Police Commissioner if he… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The flags are up and the stages ready as WOMAD returns to Brooklands Park in New Plymouth tonight after two years of Covid-forced cancellations.

This year the festival is celebrating its 20th… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Heavy rain is forcast to hit Coromandel Peninsula again today 

Businesses say what seen like never ending storms means they're doing 50 to 90 percent less business than they were last year due to the… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.A climate risk expert from the Wellington Regional Council, says the council consent staff are coming under pressure to give the go-ahead to developments in flood risk areas. 

But the Council's chief… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.The new GDP figures show the New Zealand economy shrank 0.6 percent in the final three months of last year.

It's a bigger drop than any of the major banks were predicting and it increases the chances… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Superstars of New Zealand track and field were on show last night for the final time this summer. 

The Sir Graeme Douglas International marked the end of the 2023 season and the athletes signed off… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.The work safety watchdog says it regrets keeping the families of two temp workers who died in a car crash in the dark.

At an inquest yesterday, the families spoke out against WorkSafe and police for… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The post primary teachers union says it's not ruling out further strike action if a settlement with the Ministry of Education is not reached.

Tens of thousands of teachers took to the streets… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.A group of Filipino construction workers say they're owed thousands of dollars in wages including for time some of them have spent on Auckland's City Rail Link project.

First Union, which represents… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.The Finance Minister is confident the economy will see growth by the end of the year.

A recession is looking more likely after figures out yesterday showed the economy contracted by 0.6 percent in… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Cabinet Minister Stuart Nash is under fire - again - after Crown Law confirmed it once considered prosecuting him for contempt of court. 

Nash resigned as Police Minister this week for criticising a… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.New research out today shows that a 50 percent improvement in resource consent processing times is needed if New Zealand has any chance of meeting its 2050 emissions target.

The independent research… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Residents of the small Hawke's Bay town of Pōrangahau say they're feeling forgotten, with little sign of help from government agencies a month after Cyclone Gabrielle.

The remote village - on the… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.People living in a contaminated street in Napier are anxiously waiting to find out exactly how dangerous it is.

All properties on McLeod Street in Awatoto are being tested for various pollutants… Read more Audio