Morning Report for Thursday 15 May 2025

10:00 AM.In today's episode, the co-leaders of Te Pāti Māori face a three-week suspension from Parliament after the Privileges Committee deemed a haka performed in the house could have been intimidating to… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Wellingtonian Damien Wilkins took out the main fiction prize at Wednesday night's Ockham Book Awards. Wilkins spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

8:46 AM.At least 80 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes on northern Gaza on Tuesday. Tel Aviv correspondent Trent Murray spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

8:43 AM.Critics have told the Waitangi Tribunal that the ACT Party's Regulatory Standards Bill is, in fact, an anti-Treaty Bill. Māori News Journalist Pokere Paewai reports. Audio

8:39 AM.An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere. Audio

8:33 AM.Market Update for 15 May 2025 Audio

8:27 AM.Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden dropped the c-bomb in Parliament on Wednesday, the use of the word was in protest to the word being directed at her and other female ministers in a… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The co-leaders of Te Pāti Māori face a three-week suspension from Parliament after the Privileges Committee deemed a haka performed in the house could have been intimidating to members. University of… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Parliament's Privileges Committee is recommending its harshest ever punishment for Te Pāti Māori's co-leaders, following last year's protest haka in the House. Lawyer Tania Waikato represented Te Pāti… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Auckland golfer Ryan Fox says he'll take a bit of a nothing to lose attitude into the PGA Championship, which starts tonight in North Carolina. Audio

7:54 AM.According to Waitākere ward councillor Shane Henderson, siren laden car battles are creating a major public nuisance in West Auckland, particularly in Te Atatū. Henderson spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

7:51 AM.Angry Central Hawke's Bay residents are wondering how they're going to pay for a tripling in their water rates. Hawke's Bay reporter Alexa Cook has the story. Audio

7:45 AM.A new report card from UNICEF has New Zealand as the lowest ranking country for child mental health - 36th out of 36 countries the analysed. UNICEF Aotearoa's Tania Sawicki Mead spoke to Ingrid… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.A senior doctor from Auckland Hospital is now warning that more doctors will burnout and leave if thousands of easy operations are outsourced to private hospitals to cut waitlists. Radiologist Colleen… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Top emergency department doctors say violence is being normalised in understaffed EDs, forcing experienced staff to quit. Ruth Hill reports. Audio

7:22 AM.Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden says she used the c-word in the House on Wednesday as a way of sticking up for herself and other ministers. Political editor Jo Moir spoke to Ingrid… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Brooke van Velden is defending what seems to be an unprecedented use of the c-word in Parliament during an explosive debate. Lillian Hanly reports. Audio

7:10 AM.Parliament's Privileges Committee is recommending the harshest ever punishment for Te Pāti Māori's co-leaders, following last year's protest haka in the House. Committee chair Judith Collins spoke to… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Australian cyclist and former world champion Rohan Dennis has received a suspended jail sentence over the death of his wife, former Olympian Melissa Hoskins, after she was hit by a car in December… Read more Audio

6:54 AM.Business news for 15 May 2025 Audio

6:50 AM.New Zealand has come in last place in a study comparing alcohol control policies across 11 international jurisdictions. Lead co-author and Massey University professor Sally Caswell spoke to Corin… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The Green Party's budget plan has been called 'Marxist' by NZ First Leader Winston Peters and 'clown show economics' by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick spoke to… Read more Audio

6:38 AM.An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere. Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural farming sector. Audio

6:25 AM.Latest news from Radio New Zealand's business team. Audio

6:04 AM.The New Zealand A cricketers reached 226 for 8 at stumps on the first day of their unofficial test against Bangladesh A in Sylhet. Mitch Hay is unbeaten on 68. Audio