Morning Report for Friday 1 March 2024

8:45 AM.Super Rugby Aupiki kicks off its third season this weekend with the four women's sides preparing for their longest competition yet.

And, like the men, the Chiefs are looking to atone after falling… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.South Island firefighters are set to show off some of the skills that have enabled them to beat back the major fires they've faced this summer.

They'll do it at what's known as the South Island… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Super Rugby Aupiki kicks off its third season this weekend with the four women's sides preparing for their longest competition yet.

And, like the men, the Chiefs are looking to atone after falling… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.We're in the thick of arts festival season in Aotearoa with the Auckland Arts festival next week joining Poneke's Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts and Hamilton Arts Festival, alongside… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Wellington City Council is set to resume negotiations with Reading Cinema after a failed bid by councillors to stymie a $32 million property deal.

The council wants to buy the land the closed complex… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.TVNZ's interim result is due out Friday morning and it may well reflect the state of broadcasting on the back of the turmoil coming out of Newshub this week.

On Wednesday, Newshub announced a… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The death toll from Israel's war in Gaza has now passed 30,000.

At least 100 Palestinians were reportedly killed and a further 700 injured overnight in northern Gaza when thousands of people… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Play resumes at 11 o'clock Friday morning on day two of the first cricket Test against Australia at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.

At stumps on Thursday Australia were 279 for 9, thanks to an… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.WorkSafe is pulling out of funding safety programmes to the tune of up to $15 million a year, skittling one in the high-risk forestry industry.

But ACC, which gives WorkSafe the money, says putting a… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.A school leader says he's worried he won't be able to provide free school lunches for all his students next year, which he says could increase truancy at his school.

Associate education minister… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Among the mishaps that might be blamed on a Leap year, fuel pump outages don't rank highly.

But that's what happened on Thursday, February 29, when a software glitch stopped self-service stations… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.The budget for a major upgrade to Wellington Water's treatment plant has blown out by more than $40 million.

The Te Mārua Water Treatment Plant supplies 45 percent of the Wellington region's water… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.It's now illegal for anyone in New Zealand to support Hamas.

The government is now in step with its Five Eyes partners designating the political arm of Hamas a terrorist entity.

The designation… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.It's now a criminal offence in this country to support Hamas.

The government's designated the political wing of Hamas as a terrorist entity; it made the same ruling about the group's military wing… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Emergency department doctors say they have no idea if there will be enough security guards when they turn up for work on Friday.

The government paid for 200 extra guards in EDs over summer as part of… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Emergency department doctors say they are turning up to work on Friday with no idea if there will be enough security guards to keep them safe.

The government paid for 200 extra guards across some… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Wellington City Council has decided to push ahead with a $32 million property deal in a bid to end the long-running Reading Cinema saga.

The council will buy the land under the earthquake prone… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Six companies convicted of health and safety failings in the lead up to Whakaari White Island disaster will be sentenced today in the Auckland District Court.

The eruption in 2019 claimed 22 lives… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.The country's sluggish property market is showing signs of a summer revival.

Information released on Friday by the real estate industry reveals that property listings are up and that more people are… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.On Thursday we heard the announcement that US Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell was to step down from that role in November.

He's held the role for almost two decades and is the… Read more Audio