Morning Report for Monday 29 April 2024

10:00 AM.On today's episode, like it or not, a blanket cellphone ban is setting in at schools nationwide from today, year 9 student Flo Galvin shares her thoughts on the ban, police are investigating a robbery… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.We cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:52 AM.Acclaimed poet and playwright and Author Sir Vincent O'Sullivan has died, he was 86. Publisher with Te Herenga Waka University Press Fergus Barrowman spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

8:49 AM.The children's ward at Rotorua Hospital is missing a third of its beds, after Te Whatu Ora halted an upgrade to review costs. Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director Sarah… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.With the masses moving to mobile phones, the copper network is slowly being phased out, with one of the country's biggest Telcos planning to pull the plug next year. Leonard Powell made some calls. Audio

8:39 AM.An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere. Audio

8:32 AM.Market Update for 29 April 2024 Audio

8:30 AM.Professor Ximena Nelson - an animal behaviour expert at the University of Canterbury - will join an international team in China uncovering the secrets of Portia Jumping Spiders. Professor Nelson spoke… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The Wellington Phoenix are in for three more anxious days as they wait to find out whether they'll be crowned the winners of the A-league Premiers Plate. Phoenix general manager David Dome spoke to… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.An Auckland councillor says a community has been unnerved by the driveway deaths of two children. Franklin Ward councillor Andy Baker spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

8:17 AM.Like it or not, a blanket cellphone ban is setting in at schools nationwide from Monday. Year nine student at Wellington High School Flo Galvin spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

8:06 AM.New Zealand driver Scott McLaughlin has won the latest Indycars race in Alabama. Audio

7:53 AM.The Hurricanes remain top of the Super Rugby Pacific table, but the Blues are just one point behind after their win against the Reds in Brisbane. Former All Black Ant Strachan spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

7:48 AM.An inquest into the death of toddler Lachlan Jones starts today more than five years after he was found in a wastewater pond in Gore. Otago/Southland reporter Tess Brunton spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

7:45 AM.A provider of a rent to own programme say people can no longer afford even the cheapest pathway to home ownership. Housing reporter Lauren Crimp has more. Audio

7:37 AM.As cost pressures on households remain high, petrol prices are also creeping back up across the motu, above $3 a litre in some places. Infometrics principal economist Brad Olsen spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

7:26 AM.Papers show the police's intelligence systems essential to crime fighting are in bad shape, but government priorities are delaying a massive overhaul. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

7:22 AM.A New Zealand woman who as a child was sexually abused by a member of a secretive sect under investigation by the FBI says the religious group's leaders spent three years trying to get the man to… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Cellphones will be out of sight at every school across the country from Monday as the Government's nationwide ban kicks in. Remuera Intermediate principal and president of the Auckland Primary… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.A hair salon employee says people were confused and panicked during a robbery at a West Auckland mall shortly before 4pm on Sunday. Tessa van Houten who works at Synergy Hair spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

7:07 AM.Arsenal stay one point ahead of Manchester City after both side's scored wins in the Premier League this morning. Audio

6:54 AM.Business news for 29 April 2024 Audio

6:46 AM.More than 1000 Wellingtonians headed out to Petone Beach on Sunday to protest against plans to demolish the community's historic wharf. Save Petone Wharf spokesperson John Roper spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

6:41 AM.Police are continuing to investigate Monday morning after armed robbers raided a jewellery store at a West Auckland mall. Retail NZ Chief executive Carolyn Young spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

6:38 AM.An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere. Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural farming sector. Audio

6:24 AM.Latest news from Radio New Zealand's business team. Audio

6:11 AM.Elon Musk wants to enable Full Self Driving on Tesla's cars in China and transfer the data collected by those vehicles offshore to train its algorithms. Wedbush Securities Analyst Dan Ives spoke to… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Arsenal stay one point ahead of Manchester City after both side's scored wins in the Premier League this morning. Audio