National Radio news and current affairs programme 'Morning Report'. Broadcast nationwide every weekday morning included the weather forecast and coverage of major national and international stories, as well as business, sport, Pacific and Māori news.
This episode from 08 February 1990 is hosted by Kim Hill and Geoff Robinson. News with Peter Fry, sport with Graeme Moody, weather with Bob Lake.
0700 NEWS
0705 Main centres forecast.
0706 10 people killed in Western Samoa from cyclone Ofa. Peter Abernethy interviews Bill Francisco, United States Embassy, Apia.
CYCLONE: Kim Hill interviews Alan Grey, Manager, Aggie Greys Hotel.
0714 STORMS in Britain - serious flooding. Report from Keith Chalkley, London.
0716 SOVIET Communist party to renounce its monopoly of power. Report from Philip Short, Moscow. BBC.
0717 NURSES strike ended this morning. Sarah Kate Lynch interviews residents of Ranui Rest Home, Wellington.
0720 NATIONAL Party MPs gather in Queenstown for caucus meeting. Jim Bolger. Peter Aranyi interviews John Collinge, National Party President.
0723 WAITANGI: Instant city created for celebrations has almost disappeared. Peter Kingston interviews Haare Williams of the 1990 Commission.
0727 MUSLIM leaders critical of Salman Rushdie's speech on British TV. Report from Harold Pinter BBC.
0728 WEATHER
0730 NEWS & SPORT
0742 DFC: People stand to lose quarter of their investment. Report by Peter Verschaffelt.
DFC: Opposition spokesperson says DFC uncertainty has cost New Zealand investors dearly. Peter Aranyi interviews Ruth Richardson, Finance Spokesperson for the opposition.
0748 CYCLONE: Kim Hill interviews Tino Pereira, on board Air Force Hercules that has carried supplies to Niue.
0751 METROPOLITAN PAPERS
0754 AMERICAS CUP dispute moves to New York State Court of Appeals. Report from Judy Lessing, New York.
0756 AUSTRALIAN Fibreboard company to bid for Waipa sawmill. Wendy McGregor interviews Eric Roughana, CSR Investment Consultant.
0758 SOUTH AFRICAN cabinet meets amid speculation about Nelson Mandela's release. Report from Mike Wooldridge, BBC.
0800 NEWS
0805 MUSIC
0810 SUPERANNUATION: Public Service Association (PSA) angry about government changes to public servants’ pensions. Janice Rodenburg interviews Jim Turner, PSA.
PENSIONS: Geoff Robinson interviews Peter Nelson, Associate Minister of Finance, on parliamentary pensions.
0818 DFC: Report released on bank's collapse to creditors. Peter Verschaffelt interviews Don Francis, DFC Statutory Manager.
0822 TV3: Kim Hill interviews Marcia Russell, Director News and Current Affairs TV3, who is to resign.
0831 NEWS
0837 MĀORI LANGUAGE: Geoff Robinson interviews Timoti Karetu, Māori Language Commissioner.
0845 DRUGS: New Zealand's drug problem very different from Australia's. Nona Pelletier interviews Lloyd Millar, Alcohol and Drug Policy Advisor, Health Department.
0848 SOUVENIR Sale for Commonwealth Games gear in Auckland today. John Culliford, Village Project Manager. Report by Anna Thomas, Auckland.
ENDURANCE: Geoff Robinson interviews Robin Judkins, Race Director of South Island’s ‘Coast to Coast’ endurance race.
FRUIT & VEGE: Jack Forsythe's weekly look at the fruit and vegetable market.