Morning Report for Tuesday 11 July 2023

8:56 AM.Auckland's Eden Park is excited to showcase their $33 million upgrades when the FIFA Women's World Cup kick's off next week.

They're hosting the first match of the tournament next Thursday when the… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.You'll finally be able to book a hut or campsite on one of New Zealand's Great Walks today.

Technical difficulties have plagued the Department of Conservation's booking system and forced delays since… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Almost four years after the deadly Whakaari/White Island eruption, that took the lives of 22 people and injured many others, the criminal trial is getting underway.

It is the first day of the case… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.The International Atomic Energy Agency is set to meet with Pacific leaders in Rarotonga this week, with most Pacific nations unhappy about the impending release of treated nuclear wastewater into the… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Prime Minister Chris Hipkins arrived in Lithuania this morning for the NATO Leader's Summit.

Leaders from other Indo-Pacific partner countries, including Australia, Japan and South Korea, are also in… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.A Hawke's Bay primary school that is teaching pupils in the school hall and temporary classes has now had its funding cut for a multimillion dollar rebuild.

The Chair of Eskdale school, Dr Glenn… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.The majority of overstayers targeted by dawn raid tactics are shown to be of Chinese and Indian descent.

The Government is being urged to consider banning or restricting out of hours immigration… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.For the first time ever, New Zealand football fans were treated to an international women's match at Napier's McLean Park.

The Football Ferns made easy work of their Vietnamese opponents, notching up… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.What's in store for the country's all-important official cash rate when the Reserve Bank updates the OCR, which currently stands at 5.5 percent?

At the time of its last rate hike, in May, the central… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.An immigration lawyer suspects Chinese and Indian overstayers deported using dawn raid tactics are not as well supported as Pasifika communities.

The Government is being urged to consider banning or… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Auckland commuters are facing more disruptions this morning with drivers working for NZ Bus striking for a second day.

Thousands were affected yesterday when up to 700 trips were disrupted.

This… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.A New Plymouth solo mum, whose three kids are camping out in the living room to avoid their cold, damp and mouldy bedrooms, is dismayed her rental passed a Healthy Homes inspection.

This despite the… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.The country's first grocery commissioner will start work on Thursday.

Pierre van Heerden will take on the role, created to improve competition between supermarkets and bring down the cost of our… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.World leaders are descending on the Lithuanian city of Vilnius for the NATO leaders' summit, mere hundreds of kilometres away from the frontline of the war in Ukraine.

Among them is New Zealand Prime… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Dawn raids are back on the political agenda with the release of an independent review urging the government to ban or restrict them.

Many people might have assumed that the issue had been put to bed… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.Waka Kotahi voted last week to approve the government's share of funding for two major Let's Get Wellington Moving projects.

Work for the capital's Golden Mile and Thorndon Quay - Hutt Rd… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.All Blacks captain Sam Cane says he regrets kicking out at a pitch invader after the fulltime whistle in Sunday's test win over Argentina in Mendoza.

Soon after landing in Auckland, Cane front-footed… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.A Pacific community leader wants the government to fast track law changes to ban immigration dawn-raids.

An independent report is calling for a ban or restrictions on arresting overstayers in their… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.Most medical labs from the Wellington region down to the bottom of the South Island will be impacted by lab worker strikes this week.

SCL scientists, technicians and phlebotomists say they've had… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.The National Party is accusing the government of more conflict of interest issues, over contracts that went to an ad agency run by the partner of Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare.

Henare… Read more Audio