Morning Report for Friday 9 June 2023

8:45 AM.It's been a hectic week in the world of politics, and it's now time for our weekly political panel. RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson and Stuff's political editor Luke Malpass joined Corin Dann… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.The Public Service Association claims the South Waikato District Council has breached its obligations to act in good faith during a recent restructure.... but the chief executive says it's just a case… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The New Zealand Institute of Physics is calling on the government to bail out Victoria University's School of Chemical and Physical Sciences.

The Institutes president, Professor Joachim Brand, says… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.New Zealand's Michael Venus was a beaten finalist alongside Bianca Andreescu in the mixed doubles final at the French Open overnight.

The pair won the first set, but then succumbed to a comeback from… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Eight companies are accused of making and exporting an estimated $29 million worth of tainted fat and meat and bone meal.

Two individual company directors and two employees also face prosecution… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.There's been another drop in students passing their NCEA levels last year, with the achievment rate's falling annually since 2020.

NZQA's latest annual report reveals only 65 percent of year 11s… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Waikato-Tainui is seeking a large shareholding of Auckland Airport shares if Auckland Council agrees to sell part or all its shareholding.

The iwi already has substantial investments in the airport… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.It looks like the second-ever ICC World Test championship title could remain Down Under after two days of play.

After being dismissed for 469, Australia then took the top off the Indian batting order… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Uber has been given the go-ahead to appeal last year's Employment Court ruling that its drivers are employees and not contractors.

At stake for the drivers are workplace rights as employees… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Kakhovka dam in the Russian-occupied area of southern Ukraine has been breached, unleashing a flood of water downstream.

Thousands have been evacuated from their homes, and hundreds of thousands have… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.Do New Zealanders need to have more babies?

As our nation's birth-rate steadily declines, National Party leader Christopher Luxon yesterday joked that perhaps if we started having more babies, we'd… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Bay of Plenty firefighters have not inspected any emergency housing for almost a year, after they asked for stabproof vests and didn't get them.

In that time a fire broke out at a lodge in Taupō that… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Smoke billowing south from Canada's worst wildfire season on record has forced more that 100 million Americans to stay inside under hazardous air alerts.

Images online are circulating of New York's… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.It's official, universities had their worst year on record in 2022 with at least five of the eight institutions recording a loss.

The figure is likely to get even worse with Waikato expected to… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Howick Ward councillor, Maurice Williamson is warning of a wild and rough ride at today's meeting.

A strong supporter of selling the Council's airport shares, he described yesterday's budget debate… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.It's been revealed the stood-down Transport Minister Michael Wood misled reporters, and his then Prime Minister, over the saga regarding his shareholding in Auckland Airport.

Asked by Newsroom in… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Auckland councillors head into a second day of debate over the Council budget, with the proposed sale of the Council's airport shares again set to dominate proceedings.

Yesterday, opposition to the… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Auckland councillors will have another go today at signing off the city's controversial budget after a major concession from the Mayor over the sale of airport shares.

The council failed to get to a… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.This wildfire season is set to be Canada's worst on record, as over 400 out-of-control wildfires continue to wreak havoc over the east of the country.

Quebec Premier Francois Legault said "around… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.The head of a Rotorua security firm says fire safety inspectors faced with having to go into risky motels were right to ask for stabproof vests.

They did not get them, and consequently no Bay of… Read more Audio