Morning Report for Friday 24 March 2023

8:44 AM.More than a month after Cyclone Gabrielle hit Gisborne locals are getting fed up with water restrictions as the council struggles to fix multiple breaks in the city's main pipeline.

There's still no… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.The family of murdered five-year-old Malachi Subecz -  who died at the hands of his so-called caregiver - is determined his death won't be in vain.

His cousin and her father, who repeatedly tried to… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The National Party believes it's on to an electoral winner with the first of what Christopher Luxon says will be a series of educational policies that are not about "left or right, but about going… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Hundreds of Wellington people opposed to a big housing development high up on the site of an old prison are demanding to have a say in the project. Local iwi through the Port Nicholson Block… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Anti-transgender activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, better known as Posie Parker, says she quote "can't wait to meet the amazing women of New Zealand".

The controversial British activist is set to… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.The new Police Minister has made it clear that she won't be playing political football with the issue of crime.

Ginny Andersen is finishing her first week in the job, spending just two months as a… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Auckland has pulled out of the Local Government Association with Mayor Wayne Brown describing the organisation as too Wellington beltway and its conferences an opportunity for members to dance and… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Super Rugby Aupiki comes to a head this weekend after an extended yet still short season, with the Chiefs Manawa looking all but unstoppable in their quest to make it back-to-back titles.

The… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.A Christchurch woman who has put up with intravenous feeding and two ostomy bags for a whole year still has no idea when she will be able to have surgery.

Beri Cakal is lucky to have survived a bowel… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.The Principals' Federation is giving National's latest education announcement a failed grade.

The organisation says the new policy announced by Christopher Luxon - with its emphasis on the three Rs… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Auckland Pride's executive director says court action was taken against an anti-trans activist because they believe she will incite hatred and violence against trans people.

Rainbow groups are taking… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.An Auckland councillor says the decision to pull out of Local Government New Zealand has dented confidence in the Auckland council.

Mayor Wayne Brown has used his deciding vote to quit the national… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.A genetic revolution could be just around the corner in this country, with the government to invest about 70-million dollars on Ribonucleic Acid, or R-N-A, reserrch.

RNA technologies have been… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.The chief executive of social media giant TikTok is focusing in front of the US Congress this morning.

He's coming under heavy questioning over whether TikTok's vast trove of user data poses a… Read more Audio