Morning Report for Thursday 27 June 2024

10:00 AM.On today's episode, Wairoa is now faced with millions of dollars of damage to its infrastructure after severe rain, residents spent their second night in evacuations centres, the Minister for… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.New Zealand's first Surf Park facility has been given the green light to be built on Auckland's North Shore, after getting resource consent from the Environment Ministry. The 43-hectare facility… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.A report on food waste has found a lot of waste happens long before food gets to consumers. Globally, around 40 per cent of food is wasted and the Prime Minister's Chief Science Adviser Juliet Gerard… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Voting papers will start going out this weekend to residents of Tauranga for the city's first local body election in nearly five years. Last night, four of the mayoral candidates faced off in a debate… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Ructions continue in the country's medical labs with the largest private operator posting a 16 million dollar loss. This comes on top of an open letter from workers at Awanui Labs to the Health… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.There's been questions about whether contractors were asked to clear the Wairoa River Bar quickly enough by the Hawke's Bay Regional Council, before the heavy rain set in. Contractors in Wairoa had… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The All Blacks have officially launched their season, with coach Scott Robertson and his full squad getting stuck into their first training session in Upper Hutt, ahead of the two test series against… Read more Audio

8:34 AM.An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere. Audio

8:29 AM.Market Update for 27 June 2024 Audio

8:25 AM.Wellington City Councillors will decide today whether to sell the one-third stake they have in the capital's airport today - and at the same time, make or break the mayor's long term plan. The vote… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The Wairoa District Council has just had a briefing on the damaged caused by severe weather events in the region. The council says more than 400 properties have been flooded in the past 2 days in the… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Families with young children were among the hundreds evacuating amid rising floodwaters in Wairoa early yesterday morning. The council says more than 400 properties have been flooded in the district… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Hundreds of residents in Hawke's Bay spent a second night in evacuation centres last night, as the risk of flooding remained overnight. Hastings District Council said despite extra pumps being brought… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The White Ferns must improve dramatically if they're to keep the one-day series against England alive, after the tourists were thumped by nine wickets in the opening game in Durham. Audio

7:50 AM.In a big week for the justice portfolio - planned changes to sentencing laws were announced, the government's new Three Strikes bill was introduced and a petition to make stalking illegal was… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.The government's law and order week continues at pace, with legislation to restore Three Strikes introduced to the House yesterday. The government says it sends a message that repeat violent or sexual… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Tomorrow is the first debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump ahead of their Presidential rematch in November. After an explosive first debate in 2020, no one quite knows how the showdown between… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.An Auckland family says they're heartbroken two beloved members of the family are being told to leave the country by Immigration NZ. Loasi Latu and her husband have lived in New Zealand for decades… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Almost three years after Timaru was rocked by the tragic death of three young girls at the hands of their mother, the city's mayor hopes her sentencing will bring some closure. Lauren Dickason was… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Survivors of abuse in care fear the Government's policies will condemn another generation of children to abuse. The 2500-page Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care report was handed over to… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.A Wairoa kuia says she and her daughter and five mokopuna - the youngest just ten months' old - had to walk through knee deep water in the dark yesterday morning, after the evacuation warning sounded… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.State Highway One at the Brynderwyns has opened to traffic ahead of the holiday weekend. For four months Northland's main connection to the rest of New Zealand has been severed. Since then anyone… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The Wairoa District Council will give a briefing this morning as the town wrestles with the impact of the latest flooding - just 16 months on from Cyclone Gabrielle. Hundreds of homes have been… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.England have taken a 1-nil lead in their 3-match ODI series against the White Ferns following a crushing nine wicket win in the opening game in Durham. Audio

6:55 AM.Business news for 27 June 2024 Audio

6:44 AM.The worst of the weather may be over for Wairoa, but the town is now faced with millions of dollars of damage to its infrastructure and people's homes. Yesterday, the murky waters of the Wairoa river… Read more 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

6:20 AM.Latest news from Radio New Zealand's business team. Audio

6:17 AM.Hundreds of people have been affected by flooding on the east coast of the North Island, with more rain expected over the next few days. Hawke's Bay and Tai Rawhiti were slammed with torrential rain… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Hundreds of residents in Hawke's Bay spent a second night in evacuation centres last night, as the risk of flooding remained overnight. RNZ reporter Nick James has been in Hawkes Bay over the past 24… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Heavy rain has let up, but the damage has been done in some parts of Hawke's Bay and the East Coast. States of emergency remain in place in Wairoa and the Heretaunga Ward of Hastings District. Audio

6:06 AM.England have thumped the White Ferns by nine wickets in their opening one day international in Durham. Audio