20 Jun 2024

Morning Report Essentials for Thursday 20 June

From Morning Report, 10:00 am on 20 June 2024

On today's episode, a train derailment that happened during heavy rainfall on the weekend of the Auckland Anniversary floods had the potential to be one of the country's most serious rail disasters; The mother of the missing Marokopa children has published a letter she says was written by Tom Phillips; The alcohol levy has been raised - but by less than half the amount that would even cover inflation; New Zealand Football has called in independent facilitators to repair rifts in the Football Ferns camp after an investigation into coach Jitka Klimkova; and some good news from the OECD's Pisa tests - New Zealand's 15-year-olds are fifth in the world for creative thinking.