3 Sep 2024

Morning Report Essentials for Tuesday 3 September

From Morning Report, 10:00 am on 3 September 2024

On today's episode, fixing roads and building new ones will recieive the lion's share of a government investment of $32.9 billion dollars on transport over the next three years, more mourners are arriving at Turangawaewae Marae to pay tribute to King Tuheitia, The head of the commercial pilots' union says all pilots are trained to deal with engine fires and all aircraft are designed to stop them spreading, a general strike in Israel has threatened to shut down the country in protest of the government's failure to return hostages held in Gaza, and food prices have been one of many things squeezing household budgets over the past few years. But data in recent months has shown the pace of food price inflation has fallen away - and in some cases, prices have actually been falling.