Morning Report for Thursday 27 April 2023

8:56 AM.Research suggests your native language could have an impact on your musical ability. The study compared the melodic and rhythmic abilities of nearly half a million people, across 54 different… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.The Government is being advised to speed up on climate action if it wants to meet its own emissions target to be carbon neutral by 2050.

The Climate Change Commission has released a 200 page draft… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Advice columnist E Jean Carroll has taken the stand this morning in her civil suit against former US President Donald Trump.  

She has claimed the former president raped her in a dressing room at a… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.A leading surgeon says they finally have the government's ear - months after it set up a taskforce to tackle health workforce shortages.

The Aotearoa arm of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.A Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into who has authority over how kaupapa Māori schools are run, is underway in Auckland. 

The urgent claim is brought by Te Rūnanga Nui, the body which oversees kura… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Five police officers have misused automatic number plate recognition technology to track vehicles outside of their responsibility.

Their misconduct was uncovered during a six-month review of the… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.An atmospheric river is forming north of New Zealand and could bring significant rain to the upper North Island over the weekend.

Northland, eastern areas of Auckland, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.An IRD report which shows the country's richest families have a median effective tax rate of less than 10 percent while the average New Zealander pays about 20 percent.

David Parker told Morning… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Next year's All Blacks coaching team has been unveiled, with head coach Scott Robertson calling up four men he's worked closely with before.

Forwards specialist Jason Ryan is the only member of this… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The National Party leader is adamant the existing tax system is 'broadly fair', despite the discrepancy found between the effective tax rates paid by the very rich and average people.

An IRD… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The College of General Practitioners says most of its members have at least one patient who's dependent on the painkiller, Tramadol. 

Tramadol was supposed to be a non-addictive alternative to more… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Kāinga Ora, formerly Housing New Zealand, says it has changed the way it assesses flood risks in the wake of a 2020 report which found more than 15 percent of its social housing , that's 10 thousand… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.The Climate Change Commission is warning decision makers that we can't plant our way out of trouble.

It's released draft recommendations to the Government for the next Emissions Reduction Plan, and… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.New research conducted by Inland Revenue has found New Zealand's ultra-rich pay tax at less than half the rate of the average person.

National's leader Christopher Luxon says the solution is not a… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.A capital gains tax could be back on the political agenda following a report showing the country's richest families pay about half as much tax on their income as an average New Zealander.

The IRD… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.Tourism operators say delays to booking Great Walks will cost them much-needed work.

The Department of Conservation has abandoned its plans to open most of the Great Walks for bookings yesterday and… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Auckland Council has a difficult decision to make about how to fill its gaping budget hole.

The council has released a summary of the record-breaking amount of feedback it received on its proposed… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.One of the country's rich listers surveyed in a government report on who pays the most tax says he supports a capital gains tax as do most of the ultra-wealthy.

A two-year investigation by Inland… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.Sudan is now more than half-way through a temporary 72-hour ceasefire allowing thousands of people to flee the country.

The UN says the shaky truce is holding, despite reports of sporadic gunfire and… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions is staggered by figures that show the country's richest families pay about half as much tax on their income as an average New Zealander.

The IRD investigation… Read more Audio