National Radio News and current affairs programme ‘Morning Report’.
Broadcasting nationwide every weekday morning from 6am to 9am and covering major national and international stories, as well as business, sport and Pacific and Māori affairs.
07:00am
NEWS
07:06am
EARTHQUAKE engineers and seismologists are amazed that there was not more damage from the recent quake. Rory Newsam interviews Peter Johnstone, Consulting Engineer.
EARTHQUAKE: Compensation claims from Earthquake and War Damages Commission. Michael Koop interviews John Falloon, Souther Hawkes Bay MP on the issue of earthquake damage compensation falling short of full market value.
EARTHQUAKE: Earthquake and War Damages Commission says people will get about 80% of quake related losses back and is up to claimants to supplement claim requirements with private insurance.
07:15am
EARTHQUAKE: People are still very edgy about the future of the Shaky Isles. Science reporter Michael Koop talks about the science of earthquakes and how the DSIR are building earthquake prediction data.
07:18am
UNITED Building Society takeover by State Bank of South Australia will see the Building Society transformed into a full retail bank. Peter Verschaffelt interviews leaders of Uniuted and State banks. Tim Marcus Clark, State Bank South Australia.
07:23am
GERMANY: The Social Democrats are victorious in two of the West German states in yesterday's election. Matt Fry reports for BBC.
07:25am
EXPLOSION: A terrorist bomb planted by the IRA has exploded at an army education college in South-East London. Seven people have been injured with an estimated five to ten pounds of Cemtex explosive was used in the device. Keith Chalkley reports.
AUSTRALIAN senior Ministers publicly clash over new economic policies in what has been widely regarded as one of the most unstable eras in politics. Phil Kafcaloudes reports.
07:29am
WEATHER
07:30am
NEWS and SPORT LIVE
07:22am
FIJI: Janice Aplin interviews Harish Sharma, Deputy Prime Minimiser of the Bavandra Government on the military backed government’s move to block a plan by Fiji Indians to hold a celebration to mark the 111th anniversary making the arrival of Indian labourers in the country.
07:48am
METROPOLITAN PAPERS LIVE
MITTERAND: French president François Mitterrand today begins his first official visit to Tahiti. Janice Aplin interviews the spokesperson for the Polynesian Liberation Front on the issues they have with France, colonisation and the nuclear testing on the Pacific islands.
ENVIRONMENTAL protestors at conference in Norway are critical of Britain's record on acid rain but the focus has also changed to the responsibility that the United States has in environmental reform. Alex Kirby reports, BBC.
07:58am
JORDAN: Dozens of people are reported to have been injured in serious disturbances after security forces fire teargas at anti-Israeli protestors. Jim Muir reports, BBC.
08:00am
NEWS/LOCAL BREAKOUT
08:10am
OVERSTAYERS from a variety of countries to be expelled from New Zealand. Ron Quennell interviews George Wilson Senior Immigration Officer on the 88 people defaulting on their visa conditions.
08:13am
YUGOSLAVIA: Janice Aplin interviews Chris Cviic from the Economist Magazine, on violence at a soccer game yesterday after Croatians were assaulted.
08:19am
SOUTH PACIFIC focus at Otago Foreign Policy School, Clare de Lore interviews Ron Crocombe, Professor of Pacific Island Affairs, LIVE.
08:19am
Geoff Robinson interviews Meg Watson, Papua New Guinea's ambassador to Washington on the Australian colonial grip and vested interest in Papua New Guinea's economy and New Zealand’s role in aid contributions.
08:30am
NEWS
CHATHAMS: The government announces its plans for making Chatham Islands more self-reliant. Gideon Porter reports LIVE.
08:37am
CHATHAMS: Geoff Robinson interviews Margaret Austin minister for Internal Affairs Minister and Bunty Preece, Chairman for the Chatham Islands County Council regarding more independence for the Chathams.
08:43am
BUSINESS Development Centres launched by the government today. Peter Abernethy reports LIVE.
BUSINESS: Geoff Robinson interviews Professor George Yip, teacher of global strategy and business policy at Georgetown University, LIVE.
08:50am
PARENT ADVOCACY: Janice Aplin interviews Sandi Peattie, Director of Secretariat supporting Parent Advocacy Council launched today, to promote the interest of parents with children in the education system.
08:56am
RSA members in South Island are upset over a few words that are bad reminders of war with Japan, Michael Koop reports on the upset over the RSA’s accounting system being run by a Japanese named company.