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
INTEREST RATES: Geoff Robinson interviews Peter Verschaffelt on the new government and how senior bankers are ‘jittery’ over the uncertainty of new policies, which could impact interest rates and inflation.
07:10am
NATIONAL: Kim Hill interviews Peter Griffin, on campaign trail as the ghost of Winston Peters has been shadowing Jim Boulger, as he campaigns the Tauranga district.
07:20am
CAMPAIGNING stepping up with election less than a month away, with some late contenders entering the race.
07:22am
PETROL price rises as the Gulf Crisis starts to bite, with Mobil increasing the petrol price to 7 cents per litre. Rory Newsam reports.
07:25am
GREENPEACE despatches its flagship vessel to the Kolar Peninsula to protest nuclear testing, an area with the highest concentration of nuclear hardware and testing. Harold Brierly reports for BBC.
RHINO are threatened by China's persistence in using rhino horn for traditional medicines, tipping the Black Rhino population to extinction. Peter Byles reports from Nairobi.
07:28am
WEATHER
07:30am
NEWS and SPORT
07:41am
AIR NEW ZEALAND: The airline is expected to lease Boeing 737s to Mount Cook Airlines in a new plan to boost tourism to Queenstown and Rotorua. Geoff Robinson interviews Tino Pereira on new moves.
07:45am
METROPOLITAN PAPERS
07:52am
AUSTRALIAN farmers are desperate for financial relief as the effect of falling agricultural prices bite. John Shovelin interviews Australian Farmers Federation Executive Director, Rick Farley.
07:51am
GULF: The Unite Nations General Assembly meets in New York, with the Soviet and American representatives hoping to forge better aliances. Mark Brayne reports for BBC.
07:53am
SOVIET news agency Tass has issued a very strongly worded statement about the poor hygiene conditions in Western restaurants, particularly in fast food outlets. Kevin Connolly, BBC.
07:55am
VIETNAMESE boat people in Hong Kong are seen as illegal immigrants, as China seeks to ‘clear out’ the so-called illegal migrants. UN representative Robert Lewin, High Commissioner for Refugees, Hong Kong, speaks on the matter.
07:57am
DRIFTNETTING: The Environmental Minister is determined to push on with battle against ‘the wall of death’, driftnet fishing. Janice Rodenburg interviews Geoffrey Palmer, Environment Minister.
08:00am
NEWS/LOCAL BREAKOUT
08:10am
FISHING: The Government announces changes for new commercial fishing year, with reduced numbers on particular species and quotas for others. Paul Jackman reports.
FISHING Industry Association says the announcement could result in job losses. Peter Abernethy interviews Industry President, Peter Talley.
MĀORI FISHERIES Commission prepares to receive its two-and-a-half percent quota. Adam Gifford reports.
08:17am
AUCKLAND MAYORALTY: More than a dozen aspiring candidates are dying for the chance to run New Zealand’s largest city. Peter Kingston reports.
AUCKLAND MAYORALTY: Kim Hill interviews political scientist, Dr Graham Bush on the mayoral battle.
08:27am
BUILDING: Master Builder Federation says the building industry under threat, with the plight of the industry has been impacted by the loss of trade skills to outbound migration. Peter Verschaffelt interviews Trevor Allsbrook.
08:30am
NEWS LIVE
08:35am
WESTERN SAMOA: Geoff Robinson interviews Opposition Leader, Tupua Tamesese on the major challenge Samoa faces with elections when ‘non chiefs’ will be allowed to vote.
08:45am
NATIONAL Party's election campaign in South Island kicks off. Peter Aranyi interviews National Party Leader, Jim Bolger.
08:47am
CANCER Society is sceptical of the latest government moves to control cancer, with Labor announcing cervical and melanoma scans. Cecily McNeill interviews Professor Michael Cooper of the Otago Area Health Board says this is the first time he’s heard anything about it.
08:50am
OZ FOOD: Kim Hill interviews Charles Novells, Executive Chef at Park Royal Hotel, in Christchurch who speaks about the barring of meats from Australia, such as Crocodile, Kangaroo and Emu eggs.
08:55am
FRUIT and VEGES: Jack Forsythe with the weekly look at the fruit and vegetable market.