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
SOUTH PACIFIC FORUM: High drama has erupted over the chemical weapons incineration in the Pacific Johnston Island. Clare de Lore reports.
07:10am
AVIATION fees argument - International airlines are now threatening boycott new airport charges. Tino Pereira reports.
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AVIATION Minister refutes contention that the charges are illegal. Bill Jeffries, Aviation Minister comments.
07:14am
MORTGAGE rates for homeowners may rise after the Reserve Bank kept money out of circulation yesterday. Peter Abernethy reports with talks from Chris Moore from Westpac Bank.
COASTLINE: New draft policy on conservation meets little criticism from Māori and environmental groups. Nona Pelletier reporters.
07:21am
PAPAKURA District sells its shares in Auckland International Airport to the government, ceding all share control and angering the public. Todd Niall reports.
PAPAKURA: Kim Hill interviews Bill Jeffries, Transport Minister, on the share acquisition and why it makes sense for the government to dominate shares.
07:27am
WEATHER
07:30am
NEWS and SPORT
07:42am
SOUTH PACIFIC Forum – A resolution has passed on burning of chemical weapons for destruction on Johnston Island with the planned burn to continue till 1994, with reassurances of the safety of the practice. Connie Lawn reports.
07:am
IRD information - The Social Welfare Minister, Michael Cullen, has announced that the Social Welfare Office will have access to Inland Revenue databases to detect benefit fraud. Paul Jackman reports.
07:48am
METROPOLITAN PAPERS
07:51am
FIJI: The South Pacific Forum meeting has come to an end, with a disappointing result for Fiji, with no discussions regarding the coalition government and the new constitution. Kim Hill interviews Temo Sukanaivalu, Minister for Rural Development.
07:59am
PNG-Bougainville peace talks are to resume today after proceedings were postponed yesterday. Fraser Folster reports.
08:00am
NEWS/LOCAL BREAKOUT illegible LIVE
08:10am
INTEREST: Geoff Robinson interviews Peter Verschaffelt regarding the forecast that interest rates will soon rise again.
08:17am
SCIENCE – “How much do we know about science?” – Research has revealed that Kiwis are better educated about science and the world around them, than Brits and Americans. Michael Kopp LIVE
08:20am
MENTAL DISTURBANCE: Kim Hill interviews Leanne Craze, Senior researcher for an inquiry into mentally disturbed people in Victoria, discussing the causes and difficulties associated with discharging patients back into the community.
08:30am
NEWS
08:36am
DOGS are attacking strangers with animal control having to round up packs of loose running dogs in the Auckland suburbs. Gideon Porter reports with an interview featuring Malcolm banks from the Auckland Council.
08:39am
WORKD CUP SKI: Final preparations are underway for next week’s World Cup Ski races, which nearly didn’t happen. Geoff Robinson interviews Patrick Lang, current World Cup press attaché.
08:45am
CONCERT: Geoff Robinson interviews Christopher Blake, soon to be the new Manager of Radio New Zealand's Concert Programme.
08:52am
ODESSEY House, Christchurch’s only drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, may have to close down and have made a plea to the government for funding. Nick Early reports.
08:55am
FRUIT and VEGE: Jack Forsythe with the weekly look at the fruit and vegetable market.