Morning Report for Thursday 23 November 2023

8:57 AM.A Kiwi aeronautical company with a chequered past has developed a new plane it says can help save lives during natural disasters, and fight the impacts of climate change.

NZ Aero, based in Hamilton… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.The country's 18-year-old 'flu pandemic plan' has been replaced, with a far more comprehensive guide detailing what we know - and don't - about infectious diseases that could become future pandemics.

8:50 AM.The latest report into housing by CoreLogic has found residential rental growth is up six-point-one percent from last year.

Chief property economist Kelvin Davidson says wage growth, an imbalance… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The Better NZ Trust has written to National's leader, Christopher Luxon, imploring him not to scrap the clean car discount.

The Party listed scrapping the so-called 'ute tax' in its 100-day plan… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Rents in New Zealand have gone up 6.1 percent since last year, almost double the long-term average growth rate of 3.2 percent.

Property research firm CoreLogic also says national property values are… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.The cost of living crisis is expected to change the ads we see each day.

That's because younger people, and families, are feeling the sharpest pinch.

Many baby boomers are awash with cash, and… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.This Saturday the 122nd and final seat for the next Parliament will be confirmed when the Port Waikato byelection is held.

The byelection was triggered by the death of ACT Party candidate Neil… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The people of a small coastal town in the Bay of Islands are mourning the loss of a much-loved member of their community.

But, as Northland reporter Peter de Graaf discovers, she was a very special… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Auckland Council will meet on Thursday to vote on the way forward for flood and slip-damaged homes that can be salvaged if work is done to future-proof them from natural hazards.

A report to council… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.A landmark motorway once lauded for its green credentials is now racking up environmental black marks.

Transmission Gully is being operated near Wellington by a consortium of financiers and… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Gun-related threats against state highway roadworkers have more than doubled this year. In some cases, security guards have had to be brought in to protect workers when the abuse has become too… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.A Māori technology ethicist says the government is allowing tech companies to use Māori as guinea pigs for facial recognition technology.

A Māori Reference Group at the Ministry of Social Development… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Auckland Transport wants shopping centres and malls to be proactive in managing traffic ahead of Black Friday sales and Christmas shopping.

It is urging the city's malls to encourage the use of… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The Auckland offices of several National MPs have been vandalised overnight by a pro-Palestine group calling for politicians to support a ceasefire of the conflict in Gaza.

Tamaki for Palestine… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The guns and missiles are still firing in the Gaza conflict but Thursday evening they may fall silent.

More than six weeks after the war began a temporary ceasefire was voted through by the Israeli… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon flew to the capital on Wednesday night to finish up coalition negotiations.

The National Party leader has told reporters at Auckland Airport that he and the… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The leaders of both National and ACT have returned to the Capital, where it's hoped a coalition deal will soon be announced.

As of Wednesday afternoon, there were only a few outstanding issues for… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.Generative AI is the extraordinary new technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT.

It works by predicting what's likely to come next. But even ChatGPT is unlikely to have predicted the recent… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.Seventy-percent of New Zealanders want decisions around Te Tiriti o Waitangi to be done on an equal footing between Māori and non-Māori.

That's according to a new Horizon Poll commissioned by the New… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.The Auckland offices of several National MPs have been vandalised overnight by a pro-Palestine group calling for politicians to support a ceasefire of the conflict in Gaza.

Tāmaki for Palestine… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.While a temporary ceasefire has been negotiated in Gaza, there is no pause for the thousands of civilians facing dire humanitarian conditions in the enclave.

The Hamas-run Gaza health authorities… Read more Audio