Morning Report for Friday 10 January 2025

10:00 AM.On today's episode, the latest on the devastating fires in California, further questions are raised about the Treaty Principles Bill submissions and a close friend of out-going Warrior's captain Tohu… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.More than 100 people descended on the capital for the Royal New Zealand Pipe Bands' Association annual Summer School. It's the biggest summer school in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the biggest… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.A new study has revealed we could halve the carbon emissions caused by humans, by simply changing the materials we build with. A US research team calculated that over sixteen billion tonnes of carbon… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.The cost of building a house is increasing at a fraction of the pace of recent years, but some involved in the industry say the price is still too high. The latest data from Corelogic shows the cost… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.A massive wasp nest in South Auckland has been destroyed with exterminators taking two days to get rid of over 200,000 wasps. The "frighteningly large" nest was in a conifer tree on a farm in Karaka… Read more Audio

8:33 AM.Warriors captain Tohu Harris has called time on his NRL career announcing his immediate retirement from NRL Former player Lewis Brown says he had a phenomenal career and his departure leaves… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Around three hundred Maori leaders are meeting today at Omahu near Hastings to discuss the creation a new pan-Maori assembly. The assembly would promote a collective response to Government challenges… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Tech experts say the huge number of submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill earlier this week may have been the result of nefarious online behaviour. The numbers set a new record and some tech… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.FENZ says 20 hectares are still burning near Whangarei, and two helicopters have been dispatched to work on the fire. Crews were called to the fire just after midday yesterday. Operations Manager… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Ferocious winds are fuelling the fires in California and there are now multiple fires burning in different parts of Los Angeles Residents say it's like nothing they have ever seen. LA correspondent… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.More than a hundred thousand people have been evacuated from their homes as the most destructive wildfires in the history of Los Angeles continues to spread. So far, five people are confirmed to have… Read more Audio