Morning Report for Friday 10 November 2023

8:37 AM.Police have arrested and charged a man with the murder of Auckland man Fuk-Fu Kwok, and his wife Mei Han Chong.

The 66-year-old man was found dead at his Ellerslie home on Monday evening having… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Forest and Bird has been overrun with votes in its Bird of the Century competition.

Hundreds of thousands have been cast, so many it hasn't been able to count them all and has had to delay announcing… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.A former director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists says the new health system's problems are more to do with its inherent structure than its current management.

A new progress… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.The inquest into the Christchurch terror attacks has been told police rushed wounded victims to hospital themselves because they didn't know when ambulances would be coming.

The inquiry into the 2019… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The Electoral Commission is investigating concerns raised over a voting place at Manurewa Marae, where Te Pāti Māori's Tāmaki Makaurau candidate Takutai Tarsh Kemp also serves as chief executive.

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7:55 AM.A once-loved method of post is on its last legs.

New Zealand Post stopped producing aerogrammes two years ago and the last stock is running out.

An aerogram is a single sheet of light-weight paper… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.New Zealand have more than likely qualified for the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup after beating Sri Lanka in Bengaluru on Thursday night.

After being sent in to bat, Sri Lanka were bowled out… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.There's been a significant increase in the level of COVID-19 detected in wastewater across the country.

The Institute of Environmental Science and Research's wastewater surveillance system has found… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Wellington City Council has agreed unanimously to drop plans to spend 100s-of-millions of dollars to fix up Civic Square and the City to Sea Bridge. 

It's just two of what are many expensive projects… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Nauru president David Adeang walked out of the Pacific Islands Forum on Thursday and is a no show at a leaders retreat on Aitutaki.

The walkout came after Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Matafa… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Figures from ACC have revealed the eye-watering cost of dog attacks across Aotearoa.

Northland reporter Peter de Graaf finds out which parts of the country are worst affected, and what's behind the… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Fighting between Israel and Hamas is intensifying and is now close to the Al Quds hospital in Gaza City.

Thousands of people have been sheltering in the hospital grounds - and there are still 100… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.A progress report on the new health authority - Te Whatu Ora - has found major shortfalls, 16 months into its rollout.

The reforms that set up Te Whatu Ora last year are meant to have most of the… Read more Audio

7:08 AM.Work to form the next government has taken a big leap forward, with ACT's David Seymour and New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters meeting at Parliament.

It was the first time the two leaders have… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.In a rare moment of agreement, both sides of the country's gun debate are questioning why the police included the picture of what appears to be a pistol shaped cigarette lighter in a press release on… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Vanuatu's Climate Minister is urging the incoming NZ government not to restart offshore oil and gas exploration.

National had pledged to lift the ban on exploration if elected.

Lydia Lewis reports… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Rockstar Games, which makes the controversial Grand Theft Auto series, announced on Thursday that a trailer for its next GTA game will be released next month.

Not the game itself, but a trailer for… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.School attendance figures have once again been described as some of the worst on record, with only 47 percent of students attending regularly in term two.

This is up by seven percent on the same time… Read more Audio