Morning Report for Friday 14 October 2022

8:41 AM.Black Ferns lock Joanah Ngan-Woo scored New Zealand's first try during their opening game at the Rugby World Cup on Saturday, and her ongoing performance will play a large part in whether the Ferns… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.In the age of shrinking attention spans, one Palmerston North teenager has just opened a second-hand bookstore. After months of preparation, 15-year-old Pari Rao opened Olive Books in time for the… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.It's the end of Wayne Brown's headline-grabbing first week as Mayor of Auckland.

Since taking the mayoral chains he has called for board members of council controlled organisations to resign, said… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.New data from StatsNZ shows food is at it's most expensive since the Global Financial Crisis in 2009.

Grocery foods cost 7.7 percent more than they did a year ago.

So, how do you get more bang for… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.War, wages and weather: that's what supermarket bosses are putting down to the continued surge in the price of food.

New data from StatsNZ shows food is at it's most expensive since the Global… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.The Black Ferns are sticking with some creative methods in a bid to iron out the kinks from their Rugby World Cup opener.

A nervy start in front of a world record home crowd forced New Zealand to… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Only two in five New Zealanders feel they're well prepared for a disaster.

That's the finding of an independent survey commissioned by the National Emergency Management Agency, which it says many… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Parliament's Speaker has asked an independent investigator to find out if there's less bullying and harassment since her last inquiry.

In 2018, Debbie Francis found systemic problems at Parliament… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.New Zealand has recorded its first case of the new Omicron subvariant BQ.1.1.

What does that mean for our Covid-19 numbers?

University of Auckland computational biologist David Welch spoke to Kim… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.New Zealand has recorded its first case of the new Omicron subvariant BQ.1.1.

Covid-19 case numbers are relatively flat at the moment, but that could change in the months ahead with the number of new… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.One of Gloriavale's leaders, Howard Temple, has admitted to the Abuse in Care inquiry that victims would be asked to forgive their abuser, sometimes in front of the whole congregation.

The… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.In a week where Auckland's new mayor has put council owned entities like Auckland Transport and Eke Panuku Development on blast, Wayne Brown has heaped praise on the Independent Māori Stautory Board. 

7:14 AM.Customers are still feeling the pinch at the checkout, with food prices now at a thirteen-year high.

StatsNZ data shows food prices have risen by eight-point-three percent in the year to September… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.For the second straight quarter, construction costs for residential properties have soared by a record margin.

CoreLogic's figures released this morning shows the cost to build a standard 200 square… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.A driver shortage has forced more than sixty Wellington bus trips to be suspended from next week to improve reliability.

Sixty-seven services during the morning and afternoon peaks are being axed… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.A new report says severe marine heatwaves, as well as hotter, more acidic waters are on the rise in New Zealand.

The report, by the Ministry for the Environment (MFE) and Stats NZ, shows the marine… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.A justice advocate says the police minister appears to be endorsing racial profiling.

The minister, Chris Hipkins has suggested the law could be changed to allow officers to keep taking photographs… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.The Hutt Valley is the big winner in the government's infrastructure spend this year.

Of the $192 million to be invested over the next decade, it's getting $99 million of it for new stormwater… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.The man responsible for the US' deadliest high school shooting has avoided the death penalty.

Nikolas Cruz, armed with an AR-15 style assault rifle, killed 17 people at Florida's Marjory Stoneman… Read more Audio