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.
07:00
NEWS
07:06am
MEDICAL – The Medical Council has found an Auckland psychiatrist, Laurie Gluckman, guilty of disgraceful professional conduct following complaints by four female patients. Gideon Porter reports.
07:09am
BERL, one of the country’s leading financial institutions, says budget deficit forecasts are exaggerated. Peter Verschaffelt interviews Adolf Stroombergen, BERL Senior Economist.
07:13am
PRISONS: 300 new cells to be built. Janice Rodenburg interviews Justice Minister, Bill Jeffries and discusses how the additional cells will ease overcrowding amongst prisoners.
PRISONS: Kim Hill interviews Roz Coutts, Acting President of the PSA on the 35% increase in prisoner numbers and how the system is adjusting.
07:21am
HARBOUR Workers accept a ruling from the Labour Court to end a strike. Gideon Porter reports.
07:23am
FERRY: AA wants a ferry link to be declared part of national road network to prevent industrial interruption preventing sailings. Rory Newsam interviews Rex Donald of the AA.
07:26am
WEATHER: Statistic show that winter has been warmer than usual with speculation that the cause may be attributed to the Greenhouse Effect. Peter Abernethy reports.
07:29am
WEATHER
07:30am
NEWS and SPORT
07:38am
CYCLONE: Geoff Robinson interviews Fran Wilde, Association of Foreign Affairs Minister, who has just returned from Western Samoa, on the rehabilitation of the Islands following Cyclone Ofa and discusses damage to agriculture and road networks.
07:46am
METROPOLITAN PAPERS
07:49am
US PRESIDENT set to deliver post-Helsinki Summit speech today to a joint session of Congress, which will be televised. Connie Lawn reports.
07:51am
PAN-AM: The first official British government report released regarding the jumbo jet crash over Scotland in 1988 indicates that the crash was caused by a bomb in the cargo hold. Catherine Utley reports for BBC.
07:53am
SOVIET PM Nikolai Ryzhkov warns that he may resign if the government’s reform proposals, led by Gorbachev, are ignored. Bridget Kendall, BBC.
07:55am
LIBERIA: Fighting continues in the city of Monrovia, despite the death of President Samuel Doe, with rebel forces still battling government troops. Elizabeth Blunt reports for BBC.
07:57am
CAMBODIA: Agreement reached in Jakarta this week between four Cambodian parties is a major step forward in the direction of peace. Alexander Thomson, BBC.
GULF: Australia has escalated its role in the Gulf crisis with two frigates and a supply ship initially despatched with major changes to boarding protocols of suspicious vessels and approval to use deadly force. Phil Kafcaloudes reports.
08:00am
NEWS/LOCAL BREAKOUT
08:10am
ADOPTION: The Romanian government will be toughening adoption protocols, requiring an official home study to determine the safety and wellbeing of adopted children. Jane Young interviews Social Welfare Minister, Michael Cullen.
08:15am
INDECENT Publications Tribunal is to have a special hearing to consider imported comics from Japan and the United States that contain sexually explicit and violent material. Merle Nowland interviews Chief Customs Officer, Mike Wotherspoon.
08:16am
TELECOM faces charge under the Fair-Trading Act for not including GST in its price increase published, published in a nationwide customer circular. Nona Pelletier reports.
MANA Motuhake party are not planning on having a policy for women, rather a proposal for a focus on men’s policies, citing men as being the biggest problem to social dysfunction. Karlum Lattimore reports.
08:20am
SURVEY: Geoff Robinson interviews Dr Dai Gilbertson of the Victoria University on the decline in Kiwi ingenuity and entrepreneurial drive, pinning the blame on business education and tertiary institutions.
08:29am
FIJI threatens to withdrawn funding to the University of the South Pacific in Suva, with academics calling for intervention. Leigh Pearson interviews Rob Crozier from the University Teachers Association.
08:30am
NEWS LIVE
08:36am
WOMEN and MONEY, (a book by Marion Bywater and Susan Hely) Women, who are far more likely to be widowed and, on average, earn 73% of what men do, are at higher risk of becoming financially vulnerable. Kim Hill interviews Marion Bywater, co-author of the book, ‘Women and Money’, which helps women deal with some of the financial risks they face.
08:44am
CHEESE: “Cheese could be sexy” – Galaxy Cheeses draws a link between cheese and sex with an unusual commercial campaign, Geoff Robinson interviews Managing Director for Mainland Cheese, Alan McConnon.
08:50am
FOREST: A row has ensued between Haast Pass cattle farmer and DOC has ensued could result in 100 hectares of native forest being logged by the forest. Brittenden interviews Neil Clifton, DOC spokesman.
08:52am
ELECTORAL reform. Opposition releases its policy on electoral reform, that’s caused more disagreement than most. Paul Jackman interviews Opposition Leader, Jim Bolger.
08:57am
TELECOM has issued 200 000 of its customers recalls for all faulty phones from Rentel, Economy or Everyday range, pledging repairs or replacements at Telecom’s cost. Caroline Gaishauser interviews Greg Cay, Telecom’s Commercial Director.
08:59am
NEW YORK: Poll commissioned by Time magazine, 52% of people believe that “to live in New York, you have to be a little bit crazy”.