Morning Report for Thursday 14 March 2024

8:49 AM.The government's being told its proposed new taxes on electric vehicles are far too high. 

It wants to charge up to $70 per thousand kilometres driven and those who've rushed to make submissions to a… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.While Wellington attempts to thrash out its 10-year plan, some smaller councils are taking a different approach.

Every three years, councils are supposed to refresh their long-term financial plans -… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Olympic hopefuls will be battling it out in Wellington over the next few days.

The 2024 Track & Field Championships take off at Newtown Park in the city today and continue until the end of the… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.The money the capital's councils are setting aside for new water pipes is not even half what Wellington Water wants for the next decade.

The Hutt Valley, Porirua, Wellington and the regional councils… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.A political commentator says Labour needs to use their caucus retreat to set a strong opposition agenda.

Party members are heading to Martinborough today for an annual get-together. 

Commentator… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Te Papa has launched a book showcasing the history of the New Zealand Wars through 500 taonga from the museum's collection.

The book, Te Ata o Tū The Shadow of Tūmatauenga, will be distributed to… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.A watchdog is set to scrutinise a systemic problem that's led to some of the country's highest-profile wrongful convictions.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission is investigating how eyewitness… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Ruapehu accommodation and ski-hire business owner Sam Clarkson says the latest cash handout to Ruapehu Alpine Lifts is a waste of money.

The coalition Government is providing 7 million dollars to… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The law and order government is clashing with police over a pay offer the union is calling a kick in the guts.

The Minister is insisting the coalition does back the police, but officers are warning… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The Labour Party is criticising the government's latest pay offer to police, and saying they need to live up to expectations they created before the election.

It was only six months ago that former… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.A Rolleston College student wept as she told Education Ministry staff that classes are held in corridors because the school is bursting at the seams. 

A community meeting was held in the Canterbury… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.The owners of some new build townhouses in Auckland say their homes cost twice as much to cool over summer as they do to heat in winter.

And experts say houses need to be future-proofed for even… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.House prices are rising again in nearly 60 percent of the country's suburbs.

CoreLogic NZ says median estimated property values rose in 549 of the 935 suburbs analysed in the three months to March.

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7:13 AM.A Ruapehu business owner wants taxpayer funded bailouts for the mountain's ski-fields to stop and says the government must start listening to experts not officials.

The coalition is providing $7… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.A Ruapehu business owner wants taxpayer funded bailouts for the mountain's ski-fields to stop and says the government must start listening to experts not officials.

The coalition is providing $7… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.The union representing soon-to-be-made redundant journalists at TVNZ says the company has not shared relevant information about why profitable programmes should be cut. 

E Tū union members have… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.A retired law professor says a conviction for Golriz Ghahraman could spell the end of her legal career.

The former Green MP pled guilty to four shoplifting charges in Auckland District Court… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.There's not much that politicians in the US agree on these days, but it seems there is an unusual level of consensus over the threat posed by the video-sharing app TikTok. 

Earlier this morning, the… Read more Audio