Morning Report for Friday 25 August 2023

8:42 AM.Cost of living, crime, housing, healthcare and climate change are the top five things New Zealanders are worried about according to an Ipsos survey.

Asians account for 15 percent of the population -… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The Tall Blacks begin their Basketball World Cup campaign early on Sunday morning, playing the mighty United States in Manila.

The US team is stacked with NBA stars, making them favourites to win the… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.An infectious diseases expert is calling for an end to the blood donation ban for New Zealanders who lived in the UK during the mad cow disease epidemic.

The Massey University ecologist, Professor… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Survivors are relieved at the jail sentences given to two brothers who raped, assaulted, drugged and filmed their victims.

38 year-old Roberto Jaz was sentenced to 17 years in prison in the… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.The Finance Minister, Grant Robertson, hopes cost-sharing packages for storm damage in Auckland and Gisborne will give some certainty to affected homeowners.

In Auckland, the Government will… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Former US President Donald Trump will surrender to authorities at an Atlanta jail in the coming hours, to face charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state of Georgia.

Trump… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Shane Jones' hopes of making a comeback this election will have got a boost from the reception the New Zealand First candidate received at a political meet and greet in Kerikeri last night.

Organised… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Parliament will censure National MP Tim van de Molen next week, for threatening Transport Committee chair Shanan Halbert and impeding him in his parliamentary duties.

The privileges committee found… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.West Auckland homeowners are frustrated with the long wait for flood resilience work, with many fearful for the future of their homes.

West Auckland was one of the most severely damaged areas in the… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.A lifetime Black Power member says National's leader Christopher Luxon will come to regret going hard on gangs.

The National Party is promising to end all government contracts for gang programmes, if… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Russian President Vladimir Putin has broken his silence following yesterday's fatal plane crash, in which the Wagner mercenary group leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed to have died.

Prigozhin was… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Convicted Christchurch rapists Danny and Roberto Jaz are now beginning their long prison sentences for their numerous sexual assaults over three years.

Between 2015 and 2018 the brothers preyed on… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Communities hit hard by Auckland's January and February storms will soon have their say on a $2 billion cost-sharing package to repair the damage and help Aucklanders move on with their lives.

The… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.New Zealand has a shortage of people who are skilled and experienced in delivering large scale, complex infrastructure projects.

This was a key finding in a review - released this morning - of… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.Gisborne's Mayor says the people of Tai Rāwhiti want the best deal they can get as the council prepares for consultation over the cost-sharing deal struck with the Government to repair damage from… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.In a first for New Zealand boxing, two world title fights will be on the same card this weekend.

Mea Motu puts her 16 fight unbeaten record on the line along with her IBO super bantamweight title… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Several psychological organisations are calling for political parties to create plans to train more psychologists, as demand for their services rises.

Recent figures show New Zealand needs at least a… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean yesterday afternoon, to the dismay of local fishing communities. 

The move drew… Read more Audio