Morning Report for Tuesday 9 May 2023

8:51 AM.More than 1500 travel delegates from around the world are descending on Christchurch Ōtautahi for the country's biggest tourism business event.

The industry says it's an event that can help to shape… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Some Waikato builders are still sending leftover construction material to landfill, despite the council's plan to minimise and recycle waste.

Currently, 50 percent of what goes to landfill comes from… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Later today 25 kiwi will be released into the wild on the outskirts of Wellington as part of a conservation campaign by Capital Kiwi Project and Save the Kiwi.

Earlier this morning they were welcomed… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Many South Island secondary and area schools are closed today as their teachers take strike action.

It's the first of three regional strikes by members of the Post Primary Teachers Association and… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro says lessons have been learned following the breach of tikanga at an event leading up to King Charles' coronation.

High Commissioner to the UK Phil Goff caused… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.New Zealand remains the only country in the OECD where the top four companies are all banks.

That's according to Sam Stubbs, the chief executive of Kiwisaver provider, Simplicity, responding to the… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Defence force personnel and former defence ministers are applauding a large boost to the military's funding in the upcoming Budget.

Almost $750 million will be spent on wages and the upgrade of… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Former Labour Party minister Meka Whaitiri has made her first significant interview since the day she resigned from the Labour Party and joined the Māori Party.

She told TVNZ this morning she wasn't… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.New high resolution images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope show a newly discovered asteroid belt in a star system that sits about 25 light years from earth.

Scientists used the telescope… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.There's silt clogging the rivers, and birds in the wrong place and trout in the drains.

The effects of Cyclone Gabrielle have been devastating, and not just for humans.

Our native species have been… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The Education Ministry is investigating whether sexism means teachers are paid less than they should be.

The pay equity investigation covers 90,000 school and early childhood teachers and principals… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Calls are growing for the government to move more quickly to tighten the rules on buy-now-pay-later schemes.

The latest figures show a record 10.5  per cent of people who shop this way were in debt… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.A big win for justice is the view of the lawyer of a Pasifika overstayer who was raided by police in his home at dawn last week but who has now been granted a temporary visa and will no longer be… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Northland residents have been warned to prepare for severe thunderstorms and downpours today.

MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm watch and a orange heavy rain warning for the region, which… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.The Tasman region is preparing for another battering of heavy rain today following a weekend of wet weather.

Nelson residents were evacuated after the Maitai River burst its banks on Saturday but… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Surgeons are frustrated there is still no national set of rules for who gets surgery and when, nearly a year after Te Whatu Ora was launched.

It replaced the 20 district health boards last year with… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Meka Whaitiri returns to Wellington today where she will have to to face up to her former party in the House.

Yesterday the The Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins confirmed portfolio changes as a result… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Strikes, pickets and marches are planned for today by secondary school teachers in the South Island.

Their northern counterparts are down to join them later this week.

The Post Primary Teachers'… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.A former Defence Minister is applauding a close-to $750 million investment in wages, assets and infrastructure.

Defence personnel are lined up to get a sizeable pay rise after years of low morale… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.Much of the West Coast, is under an orange weather warning with up to 300mm of rain forecast to fall until later tonight.

The rain started yesterday evening and emergency staff have been on standby… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.More wild, wet weather is on the way for many parts of the country today.

Heavy rain warnings are in place for Northland, Auckland, Mount Taranaki, Tasman, Marlborough, Grey and Westland Districts… Read more Audio