Rnz: Morning Report

South Taranaki District Council is under fire for almost tripling the cost of consents for woodburners. Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.

A month on from the Wairoa's devastating floods and the town's mayor says it was only luck they didn't need "body bags". Ashleigh McCaull reports.

Israel's military says its air defence system has intercepted a missile fired from Yemen before it could enter Israeli airspace of the southern region of Iraq, which comes after Israeli fighter jets carried out air strikes on Saturday on the Houthi's controlled port of Haida in Yemen Tel-Aviv correspondent Sarah Coates spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The head of online safety organisation NetSafe says New Zealanders should be looking out for phishing emails from banks, fake retail communications claiming failed or unusual payments, and airline related scam attempts after Friday's CrowdStrike IT outage. NetSafe chief executive Brent Carey spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Speed climbing - where athletes race each other up a 15-metre-high climbing wall - will debut as a standalone event at the Paris Games. Dana Johannsen reports.

Market Update for 22 July 2024

Documents show polytechnics will need millions of dollars so they can pay their bills after they are cut free from mega-institute Te Pukenga. Education correspondent John Gerritsen spoke to Corin Dann.

US president Joe Biden has endorsed Kamala Harris after he dropped out of the US presidential race. Correspondent Simon Marks spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The news of Joe Biden's decision to stand aside is ricocheting around the United States. US republican congressional candidate, and now a radio host in Pennsylvania, Lenny McAllister spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Ardie Savea will become the first current All Black to play for Moana Pacifika after signing a three-year deal with the Super Rugby franchise.

The All Blacks may have trounced Fiji 45-7 in the weekend, but the biggest winner of all may be the game's future prospects in the United States. Jamie Wall spoke to Corin Dann.

Twenty-four people have now been injured on a stretch of State Highway 8 near Lake Pukaki in South Canterbury in just a couple of days. Witnesses to all three crashes say conditions were foggy and the road slippery with black ice. Bikram Ghosh has had a number of close calls on the stretch of road and he spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Mahé Drysdale took out the top spot with 16,178 votes in the preliminary results in the by-election for the Tauranga mayoralty. Drysdale spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Survivors have largely been left to make their own way to Parliament for Wednesday's tabling of the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry's final report. Timothy Brown has more.

US president Joe Biden has announced that he is dropping out of the presidential race. Democratic Party Strategist Mary Anne Marsh spoke to Corin Dann.  

A cyber security expert says the recent global IT outage is a timely reminder that businesses need robust Business Continuity and Disaster Response plans. Aura Information Security principal consultant Alistair Miller spoke to Corin Dann.

Microsoft estimates 8.5 million computers were affected by the global IT glitch on Friday, likely the largest cyber outage in history. Washington correspondent Jagruti Dave spoke to Corin Dann.

US president Joe Biden is stepping down from the presidential race, he made the announcement via social media site, X. US correspondent Simon Marks spoke to Corin Dann.

Moana Pasifika have pulled off a major coup, signing All Blacks Vice-Captain Ardie Savea from the Hurricanes for the next three Super Rugby seasons.

Business news for 22 July 2024