Morning Report for Thursday 6 April 2023

8:53 AM.Starting Tuesday April 11 Morning Report's new presenter Ingrid Hipkiss will be on air.

She spoke to Corin Dann and Guyon Espiner about the quickly approaching big day. Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The be-all and end-all of the Bard is on show at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Taranaki this month.

Back for the first time in a decade, the event boasts performances from luminaries such as… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Consumer NZ is calling out dodgy supermarket specials after hundreds of reports by eagle-eyed shoppers of so-called special offers that really weren't.

The reports follow Consumer NZ's call last… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.RNZ will receive an annual increase of 25-point-seven million dollars ($25.7million) in a funding boost just announced by the Broadcasting Minister.

Willie Jackson says the boost will deliver what he… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Ryan Fox will get to realise one of his golfing dreams this week when he tees up for the Masters for the very first time.

Fox received an invitation after finishing in the top 50 in the world… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Doctors and midwives are being told to prioritise getting pregnant people vaccinated to protect their newborns from what the country is currently seeing with whooping cough.

Te Whatu Ora is urging… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A review into a major slip at Point Howard in Lower Hutt has found poor communication between agencies meant a damaging water leak was ignored.

Ten homes were evacuated and many more had power, water… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.The Reserve Bank is still going hard and fast on its fight against inflation. 

It raised the official cash rate by 50-basis points on Wednesday, to 5.25 percent.

It says the latest cash rate lift… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.An RNZ investigation into bus cancellations has revealed Auckland's 10 worst routes are all run by an offshore private equity company.

Ritchies Transport is owned by New York based Kohlberg Kravis… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.An Australian couple have had to cut short their bucket-list New Zealand tour because they can't get on a ferry.

On a campervan tour, twice they've had crossings from the South Island to the North… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Tourism operators are facing a disrupted Easter with staff shortages, ferry cancellations and travel uncertainty causing more pain after a difficult few years.

Some businesses are turning away… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Donald Trump's election campaign has been reinvigorated in an unlikley way following his court appearance.

The former US President spoke for twenty-five minutes to a packed room of supporters in… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Public health officials are urgently trying to sequence a strain of whooping cough to see if it's unusually deadly.

The rush for clarification comes in the wake of what's now three deaths of babies… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Jacinda Ardern has bowed out of Parliament with an admission she didn't always get things right - but she had much to be proud of.

As well as running through her thoughts on responding to the various… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.An Auckland University economics professor says Reserve Bank attempts to control inflation risk spinning out of control. 

Robert MacCulloch says the recent official cash rate rises are an… Read more Audio

6:35 AM.The head of the Road to Zero programme says Easter is a time when people shouldn't be accepting death as an inevitable part of having roads. 

Bryan Sherritt from the Ministry of Transport says… Read more Audio

6:28 AM.With the Easter holidays fast approaching, let's hear from MetService about what weather we can expect.

Meterologist John Law spoke to Corin Dann.
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6:20 AM.It's been a good week for Commonwealth Games double gold medallist Lewis Clareburt, taking home a swathe of medals at the national swimming championships in Auckland.

He's won three gold medals at… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.A group of biosecurity officers are set to graduate today, and they'll soon be rostered on the front lines at airports, mail rooms, and other rooms full of lost or unclaimed baggage. 

It comes amid a… Read more Audio