Morning Report for Friday 2 August 2024

6:06 AM.New Zealand's latest gold medallists are still coming to terms with being Olympic champions. Audio

6:11 AM.New Zealand's rowers went on a medal rush at the Nautical Stadium just outside Paris on Thursday night. Three crews will bring medals home to New Zealand, one of each colour, after a one-hour flurry… Read more Audio

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

6:27 AM.News from the rural farming sector. Audio

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

6:46 AM.New Zealand won a flurry of three medals inside an hour of rowing action last night, with Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors claiming New Zealand's second gold medal of the Olympic Games. Rowing New… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.The government has proposed grouping the weakest polytechnics together and letting the strongest stand alone. Tertiary education and skills Minister Penny Simmonds spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

6:58 AM.Business news for 2 August 2024 Audio

7:08 AM.New Zealand's rowers went on a medal rush last night at the Nautical Stadium just outside Paris. Three crews will bring medals home to New Zealand, one of each colour, after a one-hour flurry of great… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Gold medallist Brooke Francis says she and Lucy Spoors had "nothing left in the tank" as they held off defending champions Romania to win the double sculls final at the Paris Olympics. Audio

7:16 AM.Doctors at Hutt Hospital are now expected to make beds and clean medical equipment, on top of a busy patient workload. Reporter Kate Green has been speaking to a clinical staff member who works in ED… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The Independent Children's Monitor says at-risk kids are no safer now than they were in 2021, when five-year-old Malachi Subecz was murdered by a carer. Children's commissioner Claire Achmed spoke to… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.A major prisoner swap between the US and Russia has taken place, it's the biggest exchange of detainees since the Cold War. CNN state department producer Jennifer Hansler spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

7:40 AM.New Zealand's rowers have hauled in three medals overnight on Thursday. The streak began with the women's double sculls Lucy Spoors and Brooke Francis taking the top spot. Not long after, Lucy's… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.The Defence Force has joined the US military in exercises using artificial intelligence-boosted weapons to speed up what they call "kill chains". Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

7:50 AM.More developers are offering financial sweeteners to prospective buyers of new build homes, in the current sluggish real estate market. Katie Fitzgerald reports. Audio

7:55 AM.Five of the country's best young opera singers will be competing in the Lexus Song Quest "Grand Final Gala" on Saturday night in Wellington. RNZ Concert presenter Clarissa Dunn will be hosting the… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The wait for an Olympic swimming medal continues for New Zealand with Lewis Clareburt failing to qualify for the 200m individual medley final in Paris. Audio

8:11 AM.It was a wonderful night of racing at the rowing for New Zealand on Thursday night, claiming three medals in the space of an hour. Nathan Rarere spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

8:22 AM.The spying scandal with Team Canada's Olympic football team continues to unfold. Sports reporter Rick Westhead spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

8:27 AM.Market Update for 2 August 2024 Audio

8:35 AM.We're now a week into the Paris Olympics, with just over a week to go. We've covered off a huge number of stories from the Games, but there are some we might have missed, and some we thought you might… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.A Northland-based cancer specialist says fancy new drugs and the so-called "faster treatment times" won't do any good to his patients, who are missing out on the basics now. Ruth Hill has the story. Audio

8:50 AM.Listen to our weekly political panel. Audio

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

10:00 AM.On today's episode, New Zealand's rowers went on a medal rush last night at the Nautical Stadium just outside Paris, we hear from Nathan Rarere as well as all of the medal winners, we also hear from… Read more Audio