Morning Report for Monday 27 November 2023

8:53 AM.The winner of the 2023 Booker Prize will be announced this morning - with the ceremony in London starting at 10am.

From a civil war in Ireland, to the son of Jamaican immigrants in Miami and a remote… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Nurses across the country are stopping work throughout this week as part of a fresh round of campaigning for better pay and conditions.

About 40 paid union meetings are being held across the motu for… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The Coalition Government is planning to review how it gives effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, saying it is focused on the principle of equal citizenship.

As part of National's agreements with New… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Aotearoa is in its fifth wave of covid-19 infections, sitting at just over a thousand new cases each day.

And for those who wonder if they're eligible for a booster or not, the good news is that they… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Secondary school principals warn they are pilfering one another's staff as they struggle to find enough teachers for next year.

More teachers are needed to keep up with a surge of enrolments from new… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Business leaders want to see quick changes from the new National-led government, scrapping fair pay agreements and reintroducing 90-day trials.

Unions say that's nothing but bad news for workers.

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7:57 AM.Wairoa's Civil Defence controller says some of the slips caused by the weekend's heavy rain are worse than those after Cyclone Gabrielle. 

Communities throughout northern Hawke's Bay and Te… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.National Party leader Christopher Luxon will be sworn in as New Zealand's 42nd Prime Minister on Monday.

The incoming Prime Minister says his government is committed to reducing tobacco use, despite… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Oil and gas lobby group Energy Resources Aotearoa supports repealing the ban on oil and gas exploration.

Chief executive John Carnegie spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Read more Audio

7:34 AM.The Green Party has launched a petition to save the oil and gas exploration ban.

This comes as the newly formed government plans to scrap several climate change-related policies.

One of those is… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.A large procession of mourners - and police - have gathered around Foxton, north of Levin, for the tangi of top Head Hunter gang member William "Bird" Hines. 

William Hines is expected to be buried… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.The recently passed changes to the Resource Management Act, the RMA, look set to be dumped by Christmas.

Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his cabinet will be sworn in at Government House… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Parliament was a hive of activity over the weekend as the new team running the country moved into the beehive.

Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his cabinet will be sworn in at Government… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.An interactive map which enables people to monitor nitrate levels in their drinking water is being launched on Monday.

Greenpeace Aotearoa's Know Your Nitrate map allows users to search for… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.In the Port Waikato by-election, National's Andrew Bayly has won the 123rd and final seat in the new Parliament.

The win also allows for National Party list MP Nancy Lu to join the government's… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.The Gisborne District Council is bracing for another expensive beach clean up, after another weekend deluge washed tonnes and tonnes of slash down the rivers. 

Te Tairāwhiti was under heavy rain… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.The four-day truce between Israel and Hamas continues to hold with the release of 14 Israeli hostages, three Thai nationals and one Russian to the Red Cross.

Monday is the third day of a four-day… Read more Audio