Morning Report for Monday 20 March 2023

8:51 AM.Sticking with sport, you have to go back almost 11 months to find the last time the Warriors had an NRL win in Australia.

But they comprehensively snapped their record 13-match losing streak over the… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.More than one month after Cyclone Gabrielle, state highway five between Napier and Taupō reopened at 7am on Monday morning.

The repairs are a work-in-progress and speeds will be reduced so crews can… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Early learning centre owners are crying foul over a scheme to raise the pay of early childhood teachers.

The Early Childhood Council says it will sue the government over the early learning pay parity… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.A senior White House official who visited Wellington over the weekend is promising greater co-operation, and a collaboration on "cutting-edge" technology between New Zealand and the United States.

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8:11 AM.Gun owners are accusing police of stonewalling their attempts to understand what's behind plans to make them pay a lot more for a firearms licence.

But the police say taxpayers are subsidising the… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.People in Kawerau have been on edge over the weekend with a large swarm of earthquakes rattling the town.

Some businesses had to shut down with stock repeatedly thrown from shelves, and some people… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The Green Party wants bigger, better, and bolder climate action commitments this election year.

In his State of the Planet speech yesterday, co-leader James Shaw expressed his frustration at the… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.A union is claiming migrant workers with little to no meat-working skills have obtained jobs at a Southland freezing works under visas intended for skilled workers.

The Meat Workers Union wants an… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.The major bank Credit Suisse is being bought out by its major Swiss rival, UBS - in a deal aiming to head off more market-shaking turmoil in global banking.

UBS will buy Credit Suisse for $3.25… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.A deep dive into mental health infrastructure has come up with nasty results for the government.

It wanted to know how its new builds and rebuilds are going in what it says is a top health priority… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Universities, government agencies and State Owned Enterprises - each with their own teams of spin doctors - are spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on lobbying firms. 

An RNZ… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.The Green Party wants bigger, better, and bolder climate action commitments this election year.

In his State of the Planet speech yesterday, co-leader James Shaw expressed his frustration at the… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.Gisborne's Eastland Port has been on a monumental learning curve over the last week-and-a-bit, as it prepares to unload its first container ship in more than 40-years. 

The government's paying nearly… Read more Audio