Morning Report for Thursday 29 February 2024

8:58 AM.Morning Report producer Ben Strang is at the Basin Reserve ahead of the Black Caps game against Australia this morning.

He spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Read more Audio

8:50 AM.With silt suffocating productive land across Hawke's Bay after Cyclone Gabrielle, horticulturalists are grappling with growing in the new conditions.

But Plant and Food Research is on a mission to… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Migrants who hold resident visas want to know why it's taking so long for some of them to get citizenship.

More than 26,000 residents are waiting to become New Zealanders.

And one applicant, who has… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Wellington City Councillors will decide the fate of a $32 million deal to fix a major eye sore in the capital's CBD today.

The council is proposing to buy the land under the quake prone Reading… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Wellington City Councillors will decide the fate of a $32 million deal to fix a major eye sore in the capital's CBD today.

The council is proposing to buy the land under the quake prone Reading… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Some teachers refused to help when the government asked them just days before Christmas to write guidelines for teaching new NCEA standards.

They weren't swayed by the offer of $5000 to complete the… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Free flu vaccines for Māori and Pasifika people aged between 55 and 64 are no longer free.

In 2022 and 2023 Pharmac widened free access to vaccines for this group, and for children up to 12 years… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.After 35 years of 6 o'clock bulletins, TV3's Newshub is likely to shutdown operations after financial losses became too big to sustain.

Up to 300 staff will lose their jobs by the end of June if the… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Wellington is in for a busy time, with more than 15 events happening this weekend alone.

There's something for everyone - from arts, to sport, to festivals, and even playgrounds.

Pretoria Gordon… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Newshub's shock closure raises a question about the future of the workforce, with up to three hundred jobs set to be slashed.

Meanwhile, enrolments at the New Zealand Broadcasting School are picking… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Yesterday the Reserve Bank held its cash rate in its first monetary statement of the year.

The RBNZ took a softer tone with none of the threats of rate rises heard last November.

Instead, they… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The cost of food continues to climb with New Zealand among countries that have seen the biggest increases over the past 12 months.

A new report from World Vision shows Aotearoa saw an increase of… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.The Blackcaps are set to take on Australia at Wellington's Basin Reserve this morning in the first test of a two-match cricket series.

It has been 31 years since New Zealand took out its biggest… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The Prime Minister is refusing to rule out freeing up access to semi-automatic guns.

The government is rewriting the Arms Act this term - changes that may include allowing competitive shooters access… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.The devastating effects of Newshub's closure on news production will be shared by the local screen industry.

Shows partially funded and commissioned by TV3 have an uncertain future, and one industry… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Up to 300 people are set to lose their jobs when Newshub closes operations.

Juliet Speedy is a South Island senior reporter for the broadcaster. She spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Read more Audio

7:09 AM.It's the "big bang people have been fearing within media" - that's how one commentator has described the shock shutdown of TV3's Newshub. Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Representatives from across the globe are convening at the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi to try and set new rules for global commerce.

But concerns are being raised… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Newshub bosses did not ask the government for any financial assistance before they announced a proposal to shut down their news production.

As many as 300 staff members will lose their jobs by the… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.A community group is suspicious about Christchurch Airport's announcement it's pausing work on a proposed international airport in Central Otago.

In 2020, the company bought 750 hectares of farmland… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.A government bailout is off the cards for one of the country's major news outlets which has announced it's shutting at the end of June.

Up to 300 people will lose their jobs.

Newshub says it has not… Read more Audio