Morning Report for Monday 3 July 2023

8:45 AM.For the past 30 years the bulk of the international sports coverage has not been available on free-to-air television.

Prime TV has played some sports free to air either live or delayed, including the… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.When tragedy strikes a school community, a team of experts trained in handling trauma are on call, ready to help.

So far this year the Ministry of Education's specialist team has been called out to… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Auckland commuters have been facing another morning of train delays and cancellations due to technical issues.

Auckland Transport says an electrical fault forced the cancellation of all Eastern Line… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.The future of the country's most expensive schools remains in limbo.

Enrolments have doubled at the three boarding schools for disabled children but remain below the numbers they are funded for.

A… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Australia's second Ashes test win has been soured by a controversial stumping of England's Jonny Bairstow.

Not in the spirit of the game is the general view of what happened and it resulted in… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.New data shows more Kiwis are looking to buy a house, but new property listings are down 20 percent across the country compared with last year.

The data, from realestate.co.nz, shows the national… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.An organisation that represents young people in care is disappointed it wasn't contacted when five teenagers forced their way onto the roof of Oranga Tamariki's Korowai Manaaki youth justice facility… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Twitter owner Elon Musk has introduced sudden limits to the number of messages users of the site can see each day.

Those who pay for the service can view 10,000 tweets, but un-paying users are now… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The Green Party has made a 'pledge to renters', promising landlords won't be able to increase yearly rent by more than three percent.

The president of Renters United, Geordie Rogers, spoke to Ingrid… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The Green Party has made a 'pledge to renters', promising landlords won't be able to increase yearly rent by more than three percent.

Their newly proposed renters rights bill also includes keeping a… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Shut them down - that's the call from criminal justice charity JustSpeak regarding youth justice facilities, after eight young people climbed onto the roof of the Korowai Manaaki centre in Auckland on… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Skiers were able to hit the slopes at Mt Hutt and Coronet Peak yesterday, with some help from the weekend's polar blast.

Ski fields on both mountains had already opened this year, but were forced to… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.The cold blast over the weekend saw closures and warnings for a lot of our state highways.

To update us with what's happening in the South Island this morning,

Waka Kotahi's Southland Network… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Patients are waiting a year and a half for heart scans that could reveal a serious or life threatening condition.

Echocardiograms are an ultrasound for the heart, a non invasive test that can show… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.As France enters its sixth night of riots, hopes that action will quieten down have been dampened by a violent attack on a Mayor in Paris.

Police are investigating a murder attempt at the home of… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The five remaining young people on the roof of an Auckland youth justice facility in Wiri in South Auckland have come down last night.

Eight had originally climbed onto the roof at Korowai Manaaki… Read more Audio

6:51 AM.After another weekend of heavy rain, residents of a popular West Auckland surf spot are looking for permanent solutions to flooding.

People in Muriwai say some driveways have been flooded and… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The Green Party wants to introduce a new Bill, if elected, which would limit annual increases to rents, and improve the quality of rental accommodation.

Rent increases would be restricted to a… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.The small, West Otago town of Tapanui woke at the weekend to one of the biggest dumps of snow in years.

Between 18 and 20 centimetres fell over Otago, Southland and Clutha and left Tapanui without… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.A cold wintry blast has covered parts of Southland with snow and left some roads closed.

Heavy snow warnings were issued by MetService for Central Otago, the Southern Lakes, Dunedin, Clutha… Read more Audio