Morning Report
24,117 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsRNZ National’s flagship news programme known for breaking news stories, incisive interviews with politicians across the political spectrum and newsmakers and commentators from Aotearoa and around the world. There's a lot to talk about in the mornings and Morning Report is covering the stories that matter to the people of Aotearoa.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Westland pub's freedom camping solution ruined by council
November 14, 2019 17:18 - 3 minutes - 3.24 MBA Westland pub and restaurant that came up with an answer to freedom camping pollution problems feels it's been kicked in the teeth by its local council. After four years letting people park up overnight on their grounds, the owners of the Woodstock Hotel are furious the council's quietly offered two nearby private, unregistered camp grounds toilets and rubbish bins, while declining their requests for help. Katie Todd reports.
Health Minister pleased with number referred to health services for meth
November 14, 2019 17:15 - 2 minutes - 2.69 MBReferrals to health services for people caught in possession of methamphetamine have risen rapidly as a result of a law change. In April, nobody was referred to a health service when caught with methamphetamine or drug utensils, but six months later, 18 people were sent to see a counsellor or other support worker. That was only after an alteration to the Misuse of Drugs Act making possession a health issue, not a criminal one. Health Minister David Clark told RNZ reporter Ben Strang he i...
Sports News for 15 November 2019
November 14, 2019 17:06 - 2 minutes - 2.31 MBBlack Caps captain Kane Williamson has been passed fit and he's been joined in the 15-player squad by fast bowler Lockie Ferguson who has earned his maiden call-up to the Test side for the series' against England and Australia.
Sports News for 15 November 2019
November 14, 2019 17:06 - 2 minutes - 2.31 MBBlack Caps captain Kane Williamson has been passed fit and he's been joined in the 15-player squad by fast bowler Lockie Ferguson who has earned his maiden call-up to the Test side for the series' against England and Australia.
Top Stories for Friday 15 November 2019
November 14, 2019 17:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBWe have the story of a powerful New Zealand First figure who helped set up a forestry company that then pushed for money from two key funds controlled by the New Zealand First government minister Shane Jones. An Iranian refugee who has been the voice for Manus Island detainees has arrived in New Zealand -- and might try to seek asylum here. There has been a shooting at a high school in southern California .. 2 people are confirmed to be in critical condition in hospital.
Hot competition at New Zealand Music Awards
November 13, 2019 19:57 - 2 minutes - 2.84 MBThe New Zealand Music Awards are on tonight in Auckland. The awards celebrate the the well-known musicians and the up and coming. RNZ's Music 101 presenter, Charlotte Ryan, talks through her picks for the evening.
Students left in dark about Mainz audio course closure
November 13, 2019 19:54 - 2 minutes - 2.19 MBStudents on the audio engineering degree course that moulded Joel Little - producer of Lorde's Grammy award-winning hit 'Royals' - are fuming it's been closed without them even being told. They discovered the Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand - or Mainz - would no longer be offering the Bachelor of Audio Engineering and Production at its Auckland campus when it disappeared off the tertiary education provider's website. RNZ reporter Robin Martin has more.
Farmers protest planned for outside Parliament
November 13, 2019 19:51 - 3 minutes - 3.65 MBHundreds of farmers will be outside Parliament this morning for a protest organised by the environmental group '50 Shades of Green'. The group says it is concerned that good pastoral land is being sold to forestry. But some forestry industry leaders say the protestors are from the 'misinformed fringes of the farming community'. Gisborne farmer Kerry Worsnop will be taking part in the protest, and Peter Weir is the president of the Forest Owners Association. They speak to Corin Dann.
Grace Millane Trial: Crown to close case today
November 13, 2019 19:45 - 4 minutes - 4.09 MBThe Crown will close its case against the man accused of murdering the British backpacker Grace Millane on Thursday. The jury has now watched CCTV footage of the 27-year-old buying cleaning products, hiring a rental car and wheeling the British backpacker's body out of his CityLife apartment in a suitcase. It's not disputed Ms Millane died in his apartment or that the man buried her body in the Waitakere Ranges. On Wednesday, the court heard from a woman who met the man on a Tinder date ...
Prophet Rua's descendants want changes to official pardon
November 13, 2019 19:40 - 3 minutes - 3.09 MBDescendants of the Tūhoe prophet Rua Kēnana are backing proposed changes to the pardon Bill, which would see the Crown take greater responsibility for the unlawful conviction of their ancestor. The Rua Kēnana Pardon Bill, which recognises and apologises for the pain of Rua's wrongful conviction, passed its first reading in September unanimously. Tears flowed on Wednesday as descendants told the Māori Affairs Select Committee of the lasting hurt caused to their community by the incident a...
Market Update for Thursday 14 November 2019
November 13, 2019 19:35 - 1 minute - 1.64 MBA brief update on the movements in the financial sector.
First witnesses called for public impeachment hearings
November 13, 2019 19:29 - 5 minutes - 5.18 MBBack to our story on the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. The US House Intelligence Committee has called its first two witnesses - hoping to prove that Mr Trump attempted to bribe the Ukrainian President to investigate his political rival Joe Biden. Chairman of the intelligence committee Adam Schiff said President could no longer ignore the law. The ranking Republican on the committee Devin Nunes called the proceedings a hoax in his opening address. With us now is Political Colu...
Maggie Barry on euthanasia
November 13, 2019 19:25 - 3 minutes - 3.6 MBA vote on euthanasia will go before the public during the 2020 election, after David Seymour's End of Life Choice Bill passed its third reading. The Bill allows for people suffering unbearably from a terminal illness that is likely to end their life within six months to request a medically-assisted death. It passed 69 votes to 51 on Wednesday night. National MP Maggie Barry is a staunch opponent of the legislation and speaks to Corin Dann.
Matt Vickers applauds assisted-dying vote
November 13, 2019 19:21 - 4 minutes - 3.87 MBA man whose wife died while fighting in the courts for the right to end her life is applauding a vote in Parliament last night that means euthanasia will now be decided by a public referendum. Sixty-nine MPs voted for David Seymour's End of Life Choice bill with 51 against. The Bill allows for people suffering unbearably from a terminal illness that is likely to end their life within six months to request a medically-assisted death. Matt Vickers' wife, Lecretia Seales, was diagnosed wit...
Hutt Valley midwives vent frustration at public meeting
November 13, 2019 19:17 - 3 minutes - 3.31 MBThere was anger and tears from midwives at a public meeting last night as they vented their frustration at chronic staffing and equipment shortages at Hutt Valley DHB. Around 90 midwives, parents and politicians turned out to a Petone community hall to discuss the problems. Hamish Cardwell was there and filed this report.
What could a merged RNZ and TVNZ look like?
November 13, 2019 19:10 - 7 minutes - 6.77 MBRNZ and TVNZ could be disestablished and replaced with a new public broadcaster under a new proposal that may be before Cabinet within weeks. The government is looking at how best to shore up public broadcasting, as many traditional media players fight for their survival. An advisory group that includes RNZ and TVNZ has concluded the status quo is unsustainable. The co-editor of Newsroom and former head of news at TV3, Mark Jennings, and the managing editor of The Spinoff, Duncan Greive,...
Minister explains new visa process for culturally arranged marriages
November 13, 2019 18:56 - 4 minutes - 4.03 MBImmigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says migrants will be able to navigate the new visa process for culturally arranged marriages. A change at Immigration New Zealand in May made it harder for people who had an arranged marriage to bring their partner to New Zealand. The Government announced this would be changed after uproar from the Indian community, and on Wednesday it announced a special culturally arranged visa available for people coming to New Zealand to get married will be ex...
Migrants confused about new immigration rules
November 13, 2019 18:51 - 5 minutes - 5.5 MBImmigration New Zealand is planning to contact almost 1200 people with arranged marriages who were refused visas to join their new husbands and wives in New Zealand. In May, it issued guidance to front line staff that made it significantly harder for those with arranged marriages to get a visa. After uproar from the Indian community, Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway announced a turnaround yesterday - a special culturally arranged visa available for people coming to New Zealand to ...
NZTA senior leader's team trebled in size due to contractors
November 13, 2019 18:43 - 4 minutes - 4.58 MBDocuments show a highly paid senior manager at the Transport Agency heads a team that has trebled in size by being filled with contractors. This comes at a time when government agencies have been ordered to use contractors less, and despite a review showing how using them too much backfired on the NZTA Phil Pennington has the story.
4.5m Christchurch mosque attacks related pieces of content removed from Facebook
November 13, 2019 18:40 - 3 minutes - 3.31 MBFacebook says by the end of September it had removed more than 4.5 million pieces of content related to the Christchurch mosque attacks. In figures out today, it says 97 percent of the items were removed before any users reported them. Most were detected as soon as they were uploaded. And it says for the first time it decided to remove attack-related content on a global rather than country-specific basis and the material it removed included non-graphic accounts from news organisations th...
Bridge closure forces relatives to carry bodies on foot
November 13, 2019 18:37 - 3 minutes - 3.23 MBHawke's Bay hapū are at loggerheads with Wairoa District Council over the closure of a bridge which forces them to carry bodies nearly a kilometre on foot for burial at their urupā. Patangata Bridge, 14 kilometres east of Wairoa, was closed to cars in August after being deemed structually unsafe. But its repair now hangs in the air as the council says it needs to first determine who legally owns the bridge, and who will pay for its repair -which could cost up to half a million dollars. R...
Dozens of fires still burning across NSW and Queensland
November 13, 2019 18:27 - 5 minutes - 4.86 MBThe catastrophic fire conditions have eased over much of New South Wales, but there are still dozens of bushfires burning in both New South Wales and Queensland. Residents in Noosa North Shore on Queensland's Sunshine Coast were among those to be issued emergency warnings yesterday. A water-bombing helicopter crashed while fighting a fire at Pechey west of Brisbane, but the pilot survived with only minor injuries. The New South Wales Rural Fire Commissioner Shane Fizsimmons has warned th...
David Seymour on euthanasia Bill passing
November 13, 2019 18:21 - 5 minutes - 4.72 MBDavid Seymour's End of Life Choice Bill has passed its third reading, meaning the public will be asked to decide on whether to legalise euthanasia. The Bill would allow people to seek a medically-assisted death if they have less than six months to live and are in unbearable suffering. Mr Seymour speaks to Kim Hill.
Euthanasia Bill will go to referendum in 2020
November 13, 2019 18:17 - 4 minutes - 3.92 MBThe right to choose to die is now in the hands of New Zealanders. Last night Parliament voted 69 votes to 51 in favour of the End of Life Choice Bill that will make assisted dying legal for some terminally ill people. But after New Zealand First got the numbers three weeks ago to send the decision to a referendum, whether it becomes law won't be known until the 2020 election. RNZ political reporter Jo Moir watched the final debate unfold.
RNZ and TVNZ could merge into new public broadcaster
November 13, 2019 18:10 - 7 minutes - 6.68 MBThe fate of RNZ and TVNZ may soon be in the hands of Cabinet ministers, as they consider a proposal to disestablish both broadcasters and create an entirely new public media entity. The Government is moving on plans for public broadcasting in New Zealand as the media industry faces an uncertain future. RNZ understands the proposal to create a new entity is making its way through the political process, with the plan to have it before Cabinet in early December. RNZ political editor, Jane P...
Sports News for 14 November 2019
November 13, 2019 18:05 - 1 minute - 1.94 MBThe Greymouth squash player Paul Coll says he's not finished yet after making the semi-finals of the men's world championships in Doha.
Business News for 14 November 2019
November 13, 2019 17:49 - 8 minutes - 7.77 MBNews from the business sector, including a market report.
Venice overwhelmed by flooding
November 13, 2019 17:48 - 2 minutes - 2.54 MBSevere flooding in Venice that has left much of the Italian city under water. The flooding is being blamed on climate change by the city's mayor. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro says it's the highest water levels in the region in more than 50 years. Popular tourist sites have been flooded as residents and tourists wade through the city in gumboots. Megan Rae is a New Zealander living in Venice.
Medical Association responds to euthanasia vote
November 13, 2019 17:40 - 4 minutes - 4.21 MBLegislation which would allow some terminally ill adults to request a medically assisted death will go to a public referendum at the 2020 election. In Parliament on Wednesday, 69 MPs voted for the End of Life Choice Bill and 51 voted against it. The Medical Association has been one of the Bill's opponents. Its chair Kate Baddock speaks to Corin Dann.
Morning Rural News for 14 November 2019
November 13, 2019 17:22 - 4 minutes - 4.31 MBNews from the rural and farming sector.
Early Business News for 14 November 2019
November 13, 2019 17:19 - 3 minutes - 3.42 MBA brief update from the business sector.
Medical students asked to explain overseas work placements
November 13, 2019 17:17 - 3 minutes - 3.02 MBMore than 60 Otago University medical students are now caught up in an investigation into using overseas work placements to go on holiday. The university has already found that 15 final year students rorted the taxpayer-funded system and lied about it. Now all trainee interns have been asked to speak up if they think they may have done something wrong on their placement. Deborah Powell from the junior doctors' union told our reporter Tess Brunton that means dozens of worried students are...
Donald Trump public impeachment hearings begin
November 13, 2019 17:08 - 7 minutes - 7 MBThe first public hearings in Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry are under way in Washington. The president is accused of improperly seeking help from Ukraine to boost his chances of re-election next year - something he denies. The U.S House Intelligence Committee has called its first two witnesses - hoping to prove that Mr Trump attempted to bribe the Ukrainian President to investigate his political rival Joe Biden. Politico's White House correspondent Josh Gerstein speaks to Kim Hill.
Sports News for 14 November 2019
November 13, 2019 17:05 - 1 minute - 1.76 MBThe Australia netball coach Lisa Alexander wants the Constellation Cup against New Zealand restored to a five-Test series to make the most of the sport's fiercest international rivalry.
Sports News for 14 November 2019
November 13, 2019 17:05 - 1 minute - 1.76 MBThe Australia netball coach Lisa Alexander wants the Constellation Cup against New Zealand restored to a five-Test series to make the most of the sport's fiercest international rivalry.
Top Stories for Thursday 14 November 2019
November 13, 2019 17:00 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBA major shake up of public broadcasting is on the cards. We have the leaked details. MPs vote in favour of voluntary euthanasia - opening the door for a referendum at the next election. Dozens of bushfires are still burning in Australia with concern now centred on Queensland.
What's on at NZ's largest A&P show
November 12, 2019 19:58 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MBOne of New Zealand's largest A&P shows, now know as the New Zealand Agricultural Show, gets underway today in Christchurch. It's hoped 100,000 people will pour through the gates of the 157th iteration of the event over the next three days. RNZ reporter Katie Todd is at the showgrounds in Sockburn have a look at the offerings.
The history of Wellington's little-used flag
November 12, 2019 19:56 - 2 minutes - 2.43 MBWellington's civic leaders want to stoke the city's sense of pride, by reviving items such as its bespoke but curious looking flag. The flag features a flying dolphin, a galleon ship, and English flags on top of a black and gold background. Kim Hill speaks to designer and vexillologist - that's a person who studies flags - Thomas Le Bas, who has been looking into the flag's chequered origins.
Australia bushfires: Blue Mountains still on alert due to blazes
November 12, 2019 19:53 - 2 minutes - 2.32 MBResidents of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney remain on high alert and many have evacuated to safer territory. The Blue Mountains community was devastated by a 2013 bushfire which destroyed around 200 homes and left 700 people homeless. Mark Greenhill is the Mayor of the Blue Mountains City Council.
Rural towns dying as New Zealand's population grows
November 12, 2019 19:48 - 4 minutes - 4.04 MBWhile Aotearoa's population is due to hit 5 million next year, many small, rural towns are dying. As part of RNZ's 'Now We Are 5 Million' series, reporter Susan Strongman visited the tiny Waikato town of Kawhia to ask why its population is dwindling and what can be done.
The Tomorrow's Schools report explained
November 12, 2019 19:42 - 4 minutes - 4.53 MBThe government's school reforms could spell the end for skewed school zones. It is creating a new division of the Education Ministry that will review and redraw schools' enrolment zones and review the way they enrol out-of-zone students. John Gerritsen is our education correspondent.
Donald Trump impeachment inquiry enters new phase
November 12, 2019 19:35 - 5 minutes - 4.74 MBThe impeachment inquiry into President Trump enters a new and important phase today. The inquiry will be televised live to the public as the democrats attempt to prove that Mr Trump tried to bribe Ukrainian officials to investigate his political rival Joe Biden. Two key witnesses will be called to give evidence, meanwhile the details of Rebuplicans' intentions to defend the President has been leaked. Correspondent Harry Horton speaks to Kim Hill from Washington.
Market Update for 13 november 2019
November 12, 2019 19:30 - 1 minute - 1.43 MBA brief update on the movements in the financial sector.
Grace Millane trial: Jury hears murder-accused's police interviews
November 12, 2019 19:25 - 4 minutes - 4.41 MBThe jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering the British backpacker Grace Millane will watch continue watching his first police interview today. It's now the second week of the 27-year-old's trial in the High Court at Auckland - which has heard from forensic experts, police officers and women who met the man through Tinder - as Ms Millane did. Yesterday, the Crown began to play the man's first interview with the police - which was the third occasion he had lied about the last ti...
Labour and NZ First still split over immigration
November 12, 2019 19:22 - 4 minutes - 3.97 MBThe spat between Labour and New Zealand First ministers over arranged marriages may have moved behind closed doors but it's no closer to a resolution. The Prime Minister has already announced that Immigration New Zealand will return to exempting arranged marriages for partnership visas where couples can't fulfill the test of having lived together for twelve months. But Labour needs New Zealand First to get any changes across the line and that's looking increasingly more unlikely. RNZ pol...
Terrorism supression Bill 'obnoxious' - Privacy Commissioner
November 12, 2019 19:17 - 2 minutes - 2.63 MBObnoxious and unnecessary - that's the Privacy Commissioner John Edwards' view of a government Bill aimed at controlling New Zealanders who return from fighting terrorist wars overseas. Mr Edwards has told Parliament's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade select committee the Terrorism Suppression Control Orders Bill should not proceed. Political reporter Charlie Dreaver was at the Select Committee meeting and filed this report.
New South Wales fires continue to fan fears
November 12, 2019 19:10 - 5 minutes - 5.26 MBFire danger ratings in New South Wales are expected to drop from catastrophic to very high today before temperatures rise again as the weekend approaches. At its height there were 15 fires at emergency level in the Sydney and Hunter regions and the north of the state. Several homes have been destroyed or damaged in the Hillsville blaze near Taree, and three properties were damaged in the Hunter Valley. A number of firefighters were injured. Sydney Morning Herald reporter Josh Dye speaks ...
Pasifika siblings win Chess Champions title
November 12, 2019 18:57 - 2 minutes - 2.47 MBFor the first time, three Pasifika students will compete in the National Interschool Chess Championships in Australia after winning gold at the New Zealand Power Team tournament. Three siblings of Samoan, Niuean and Cook Island descent are breaking new ground by scoring a place at the tournament, held in Melbourne next month. Talei Anderson reports.
Mt Albert tree protesters 'shocked' by police visit
November 12, 2019 18:53 - 4 minutes - 3.8 MBPolice, Auckland city officials and security guards turned up at Ōwairaka - Mt Albert in the early hours of the morning, to talk to protesters trying to stop trees being felled. They were joined by arborists who turned up early to see what they could chop down with hand tools. While protesters say it was polite and non-confrontational, some of them are shaken by the visit in the middle of the night. We can speak now to Glenn Petterd who was on the Maunga at the time.
David Seymour 'quietly confident' euthanasia Bill will pass third reading
November 12, 2019 18:47 - 5 minutes - 5.07 MBMPs will vote on Wednesday on whether to send the question of voluntary euthanasia to the public for a final say, or dump the issue altogether. The End of Life Choice Bill - which would allow terminally ill adults to request a medically-assisted death - is up for its third and final reading in Parliament. If it passes, the question will go to a public referendum alongside next year's general election. The Bill was sponsored by ACT leader David Seymour. He speaks to Kim Hill.