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Morning Report for Friday 20 May 2011
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Top Stories for Friday 20 May 2011
6:00 AM.Is the budget "balanced and responsible" or a blow to the average New Zealander? We put the Budget under the microscope. How will selling state assets, changing Kiwisaver and cutting the public… Read more Audio
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Budget cuts being pushed through under urgency
6:10 AM.MPs will resume debate on the Budget in just under three hours, as the Government pushes through cuts to KiwiSaver and Working for Families under urgency. Audio
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Budget prevents a downgrade in ratings
6:13 AM.The Budget has achieved the government's aim - avoiding a credit rating downgrade that could've pushed up the country's borrowing costs. Audio
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Investment firm says partial asset sales will boost Kiwisaver
6:15 AM.In the budget the government announced that if it wins the next election, it will sell part of four publicly-owned energy companies and reduce its majority shareholding in Air New Zealand. Audio
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Pacific News for 20 May 2011
6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 20 May 2011
6:23 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Waatea News for 20 May 2011
6:28 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Budget targets middle income families
6:37 AM.The Finance Minister concedes middle income families will be 20 dollars a week worse off under changes in this year's Budget. Audio
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PSA says service cuts and jobs will go after budget
6:41 AM.The Public Service Association says frontline services will be reduced and jobs will go, as the government claws a further billion dollars of savings from the public sector over the next three years. Audio
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Morning Business for 20 May 2011
6:47 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Govt - Budget responsible, critics see blow to average Kiwis
7:09 AM.The Prime Minister, John Key, says it is a budget for serious times. But the Labour leader, Phil Goff, says the budget is bleak. Audio
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Finance Minister defends direction of Budget
7:13 AM.So with some of those critics saying families and lower income earners have been hit too hard, and others saying he's been too cautious in stimulating economic growth, the Finance Minister Bill… Read more Audio
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Budget won't do any harm politically: commentators
7:15 AM.So has the government presented a Budget that will be good enough to win National the next election? Audio
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Radio New Zealand's political editor discusses Budget
7:19 AM.And joining us is Radio New Zealand's political editor Brent Edwards. Audio
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Budget causes concern on streets of Auckland
7:23 AM.On the streets of Auckland, the Budget is causing some concern. Audio
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Budget averts international credit ratings downgrade
7:25 AM.The Government has achieved its immediate aim for the Budget - avoiding a credit rating downgrade that could have pushed up the country's borrowing costs. Audio
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Wellingtonians give their take on Budget
7:39 AM.Our reporter Ben Robinson spoke to people who were shopping at Kilbirnie's Pak and Save. Audio
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Schools, childcare unsatisfied by modest Budget increases
7:41 AM.Education was one of the winners in the Budget, but education groups say the funding increases will not keep up with rising costs. Audio
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Nurses say Budget funds squeaky wheel issues only
7:43 AM.Extra funding for health in the Budget is being applauded within the sector, but some also say there's also a lack of vision for the future. Audio
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Sports News for 20 May 2011
7:46 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Obama sets out new US approach to Middle East
7:49 AM.President Obama has outlined a comprehensive new policy towards the Middle East in the wake of the momentous events of recent months. Audio
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Man convicted in Scotland of trying to murder his wife in NZ
7:55 AM.A British man has been found guilty by a Scottish jury of murdering his wife and attempting to murder his second, a New Zealander, in Auckland five years later. Audio
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Labour says government abusing process with Budget
8:09 AM.The Labour Party is criticising the Government for pushing through its budget cuts to Kiwisaver and Working for Families under urgency. Audio
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Labour says Budget is bleak
8:13 AM.The Labour Party says yesterday's budget is bleak and will hurt hard-working Kiwis struggling to get ahead. Audio
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Fears Budget could drive economy back into recession
8:20 AM.Business and the Unions were both anticipating changes in the Budget, and there's been a typically mixed reaction from them. Audio
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Budget reaction from Christchurch
8:25 AM.We have more of your reaction to the budget now, this time from the streets of Christchurch. Audio
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Cantabrians want more focus on people, not buildings
8:26 AM.The government has pledged five and half billion dollars over the next six years for Canterbury's Earthquake Recovery Fund. Audio
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Markets Update for 20 May 2011
8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Sports News for 20 May 2011
8:38 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Budget reaction from the heartland - Eltham
8:42 AM.We've heard budget reaction from our three main cities, but what about the heartland? Audio
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Trans Tasman netball supremacy to be decided on Sunday
8:44 AM.First time finalists, the Northern Mystics and the Queensland Firebirds play off for transtasman netball supremacy in Brisbane on Sunday afternoon. Audio
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Safety issues around Queenstown night flights
8:47 AM.New runway lights will be switched on for the first time at Queenstown International Airport next month as the resort gears up for night flights. Audio
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Waatea News for 20 May 2011
8:50 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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PSA disease fears slash value, sales of kiwifruit orchards
8:52 AM.The spread of the disease that kills the kiwifruit vine has seen the value of kiwfruit orchards tumble and sales in Bay of Plenty all but dry up. Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:56 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio