10:00 am today

Morning Report Essentials for Tuesday 11 March 2025

From Morning Report, 10:00 am today

On today's episode, new online gambling licenses are to be auctioned off by the government, the latest political poll shows both the coalition and the Prime Minister are losing support, the former governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has won the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as the next Prime Minister of Canada, Greenland is holding a general election on Wednesday, it's a semi-autonomous part of Denmark and independence is a major issue - particularly after U.S President Donald Trump expressed interest in controlling the world's biggest island, new online casino gambling licences to be auctioned off by the government will mainly go to large foreign operators, the father of a man who accidentally drowned in Wellington harbour is promising to keep pushing for permanent balustrades along the waterfront, and Te Whatu Ora is encouraging all spa pool owners to regularly clean and maintain their pools in response to a spike in a potentially deadly disease.