Charlotte Cook
Top Stories for Tuesday 20 December 2022
Top stories this morning... Waikato police are now armed after officers were shot at during a spate of crimes across the region yesterday. West Auckland police are going door-to-door after a woman was… Audio
Top Stories for Monday 19 December 2022
Top Stories: Argentina have clinched the 2022 Football World Cup in a nail-biting final. Health officials say one in 20 New Zealanders could have Covid by the end of the month, with rural and… Audio
Colleagues' concerns about conflict of interest ignored
The woman in charge of a 1.59 million dollar Covid-19 vaccination campaign quit after an investigation into conflicts of interest. Colleagues of the woman say their concerns were repeatedly ignored… Audio
Women effectively unpaid from today
You might be getting more than the usual number of "automatic out of office replies today" - that's because it's part of a campaign highlighting the gender pay gap - which stands at 9.2 percent… Audio
Protests against violent retail crime underway
Many dairy and convenience store owners have shut their doors this afternoon, to take part in protests against violent robberies.
34-year-old Janak Patel was fatally stabbed outside an Auckland dairy… Audio
Vote Hamilton West: increasing demand for budgeting services
Early voting in the Hamilton West by-election begins today.
It follows Dr Gaurav Sharma's resignation, after he made allegations against Labour's political leadership for which he was kicked out of… Audio
Dairies shut up shop protesting against crime and violence
Dairies and retailers around the country are about to shut up shop, protesting against crime and violence affecting front line workers.
34-year-old Janak Patel was fatally stabbed outside an Auckland… Audio
Rents back at all-time record high - TradeMe
The national median weekly rent was back at its all-time high of $580/week in October, according to TradeMe's listings.
The company's property sales director Gavin Lloyd spoke to Charlotte Cook about… Audio
Free GP visits would quickly pay for themselves many times over - Rashbrooke
An inequality researcher is pushing for free GP visits in a bid to reduce pressure on hospital staff who are currently overwhelmed by demand.
Max Rashbrooke wrote the report - commissioned by the… Audio
Privacy commissioner's office concerned about facial recognition technology
The Privacy Commissioner's Office is worried about the expanding use of Facial Recognition Technology in supermarkets.
Foodstuffs is using the technology in more than 30 stores across the North… Audio
Police seek public help finding suspect who killed dairy worker
The police are appealing for the public's help to identify the suspect who killed a 34-year-old dairy worker in Auckland.
A robber entered the Rose Cottage Dairy in Sandringham just after eight… Audio
Flurry of large earthquakes along Pacific ring of fire
There's been a flurry of large earthquakes along the Pacific ring of fire in the last couple of days.
Magnitude 7 yesterday in the Solomons, a 6.2 off Mexico this morning, and a deadly 5.6 in… Audio
Climate action lawyers respond to High Court case dismissal
The High Court has dismissed a case against the Climate Change Commission which argued their plan would prevent the country keeping warming to 1.5 degrees celsius or less.
The case, taken by hundreds… Audio
Another 1000 clinical psychologists needed in NZ
The College of Clinical Psychologists says the country needs another 1000 people filling the critical roles.
The health minister Andrew Little told Morning Report there was a specific shortage of… Audio
High Court rules against climate change action case
The High Court has ruled against a group of climate lawyers who were arguing the country's emissions reductions wouldn't meet our international promises to keep warming to 1.5 degrees celsius or less.
…Wellington brewer has 50 kegs stolen
More than 50 kegs of beer were stolen from Wellington craft beer company Abandoned Brewery on Monday.
It's unlikely the now-unrefrigerated, unlabelled mystery beer will get the thieves much money… Audio
Don't be fooled by Black Friday sales
Right now your email inbox might be brimming with promises of cheap goods tomorrow, at unrivalled prices.
But Consumer NZ is warning shoppers not to be gullible and get lulled into thinking they're… Audio
'Russian-produced rocket' lands in Polish village
A Russian-made rocket landed in Poland this morning, killing two.
Poland is now considering invoking Article Four of the North Atlantic Treaty, meaning NATO members would be consulting on a threat to… Audio
Poland, NATO 'establishing facts' about missile strike's origins
Western allies are investigating who fired a missile which killed two people when it landed in Poland this morning.
Poland's foreign ministry has just said it was a Russian-produced rocket.
Russia… Audio
'We're back and we're not going away this time': NZer speaks about liberating towns in Ukraine
A New Zealander fighting on the front line in Ukraine says he was brought to tears after his unit liberated three towns.
Russia withdrew 30,000 troops from Kherson over the weekend, after nine… Audio