All episodes
Thursday, 4 June 2020
- 5:12 George Floyd protests continue across US - latest details
- 5:20 Queenstown welfare hub's first sessions booked out in hours
- 5:25 Rugby: Auckland Blues officially get Carter
- 5:28 Auckland-Canberra flights proposed, but Air NZ says no
- 5:34 Evening business for 4 June 2020
- 5:43 NZ First flexes muscle over commercial rent measures
- 5:49 Customer 'flabbergasted' at difficulty of using Air NZ credits
- 6:06 Tourism Minister explains 'strategic asset' funding for Waitomo
- 6:22 'Your lives matter, your dreams matter' - Barack Obama to young Americans
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
- 5:07 Air NZ sorry to customers over cancelled flight credits
- 5:20 Hawera in shock as police officers charged over man's death
- 5:25 Man's death in police custody 'tragic' - Police Association
- 5:28 Covid-19: National pressures govt to move to level 1 rules now
- 5:36 Evening business for 3 June 2020
- 5:39 US protesters defy curfews after Trump threatens military force
- 5:42 Minneapolis men racially profiled in office gym describe mood in US amid protests
- 5:51 Free period products to soon be available in NZ schools
- 5:54 Govt pledges $400m for research, but no targetting a concern
- 6:06 Ex-investigator Lance Burdett on police manslaughter charges
- 6:13 Health Ministry ramps up Covid-19 testing at border
- 6:17 What does Covid-19 alert level 1 mean for event organisers?
- 6:23 George Floyd protests inspire support for Pasifika in NZ
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
- 5:08 Trump threatens military force against protesters in US
- 5:17 George Floyd protests after 400 years of oppression - Black Lives Matter leader
- 5:19 Peters pushes for charges over George Floyd protests in NZ
- 5:22 Covid-19: Level 1 may be a week away as govt considers changes
- 5:25 Countdown gives staff $10m stake in supermarket company
- 5:40 Evening business for 2 June 2020
- 5:48 Police Minister wrong on racism in force - Māori law expert
- 5:51 Weather: Crowded Coromandel hit by deluge over long weekend
- 5:55 Contractor under fire after cat owner finds pet's body thrown in ditch
- 6:07 US protests continue as Trump threatens military response
- 6:10 US protests expected to go on until all four officers charged
- 6:14 Christchurch protest organiser stands by decision despite level 2 breaches
- 6:17 Covid-19: What will level 1 mean for New Zealand?
- 6:30 Traffic light, poor driving blamed for Awakino gridlock
Friday, 29 May 2020
- 5:08 Covid-19 in NZ one case away from elimination
- 5:10 One active Covid-19 case in NZ 'a huge deal' - lead researcher
- 5:17 Documents reveal serious lack of consultation before police armed response teams launched
- 5:28 Thousands hit road for first long weekend since lockdown ended
- 5:37 Evening business for 29 May 2020
- 5:41 Paul Goldsmith on National's $10k cash pledge for businesses offering jobs
- 5:50 Auckland man who murdered mother jailed for at least 14 years
- 5:54 Queenstown real estate agents happy to see auctions again
- 6:06 No charges to be laid against missing trampers despite lockdown
- 6:16 Funding for arts - helping masterpieces or mediocrity?
- 6:19 National pledges $10,000 for businesses who hire more staff
- 6:23 Netball ANZ Premiership back on court in empty stadiums
Thursday, 28 May 2020
- 5:07 Medsafe warns against man selling Covid-19 bleach 'cure'
- 5:11 'I've been looking for you' - rescuer finds missing trampers
- 5:15 Anger across US after another African-American killed by police
- 5:19 What is Air NZ doing with non-refunded money?
- 5:22 Phil Twyford answers questions on foreign workers entering NZ
- 5:34 Evening business for 28 May 2020
- 5:39 Zero new Covid-19 cases in NZ for sixth day, 96yo's death counted
- 5:44 Muller promises better economic recover plan, but no details
- 5:48 Govt pushes ahead with freshwater law reforms
- 6:06 NZ arts sector gets near-$100m boost from govt
- 6:10 Commercial property tenants wait for Covid-19 rent relief while Peters deliberates
- 6:15 German engineers heroes of Wellington sewer system
- 6:22 Matthew Elliott ready for NRL to kick-off again
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
- 5:08 Missing trampers found after 19 days: 'A fantastic result' - search boss
- 5:17 Takaka buzzing as trampers found alive and well
- 5:19 Judith Collins 'sick of being demonised' for her ethnicity
- 5:23 Trans-Tasman flights more likely as AUS, NZ govts look at plan
- 5:27 Work underway for foreign students to return to NZ
- 5:30 Evening business for 27 May 2020
- 5:37 National's Māori MPs say list about ability, not skin colour
- 5:50 Mt Eden cafe defends sign asking workers to only speak English
- 6:02 Community groups hope for better future after Covid-19
- 6:08 Missing trampers found 'in amazingly good nick' after 19 days
- 6:12 Auckland Airport welcomes plans for trans-Tasman flights
- 6:19 Will NZ flu season be mild this year?
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
- 5:07 Covid-19 vaccine two years away, and could be NZ-made - research leader
- 5:17 National's tangata whenua tangle: Goldsmith rebuts claim he is Māori
- 5:24 InterCity buses back on road, but 80 staff laid off
- 5:33 Evening business for 26 May 2020
- 5:38 Pair jailed for life over one of NZ's most horrific murders
- 5:46 First week back exciting but exhausting for school students
- 5:50 Around the room in 70 days: New Zealander's long lockdown in hotel
- 6:07 Govt pumps $37m into research for Covid-19 vaccine
- 6:10 Megan Woods discusses $37m for Covid-19 vaccine research
- 6:17 Govt under fire over 'two tiered' benefit system
- 6:21 Jobseekers react to 'two-tiered' benefit system
- 6:24 Christchurch restaurateur determined to serve the city
Monday, 25 May 2020
- 5:07 Covid-19 level 2: Gatherings up to 100 allowed after Friday
- 5:11 Muller announces new National rankings, with Adams to stay
- 5:15 Horowhenua feeling lucky after 5.8 quake rattles region
- 5:17 Stuff CEO buys company for $1, plans for staff shareholders
- 5:26 Weather: Weekend rain not enough to break drought
- 5:33 Evening business for 25 May 2020
- 5:37 EQC level 2 rules causing more delays, stress - Christchurch couple
- 5:42 Doctors fear rheumatic fever rise may worsen
- 5:52 Remaining backpackers make most of NZ after lockdown
- 6:06 Amy Adams on new role in National rankings under Muller
- 6:16 Covid-19 level 2 rules loosened - what you need to know
- 6:21 Media drama: Job losses at MediaWorks, Stuff bought for $1
Friday, 22 May 2020
- 5:08 Todd Muller takes National leadership - what happened on Friday
- 5:11 Todd Muller, Nikki Kaye face media - political analysis
- 5:16 Simon Bridges out, Todd Muller in - New Zealanders react to new National leader
- 5:20 New National Party leader Todd Muller talks to Lisa Owen
- 5:36 Evening business for 22 May 2020
- 5:40 Todd Muller 'gives National a much better chance' - Linda Clark
- 5:46 Simon Bridges' two years as National Party leader
- 5:51 Auckland Council $500m short after Covid-19 closures
- 5:56 Wily stoat on the loose pest-free Motukorea-Browns Island
- 6:08 Can National win 2020 election under new leadership?
- 6:17 CAA saga worsens with news of financial pressure
- 6:21 Canterbury DHB member slams hospital upgrade
- 6:28 What was life under lockdown like for south Auckland students?
Thursday, 21 May 2020
- 5:09 National leadership showdown in wake of devastating poll
- 5:10 Four days of zero new Covid-19 cases in NZ, when is level 1?
- 5:17 Four-day working week idea met with mixed reactions
- 5:20 Toxic culture of bullying, harassment at CAA - review
- 5:25 Drinks from a distance - bars reopen under level 2
- 5:30 Evening business for 21 May 2020
- 5:40 Air Force called to help search for missing trampers in Kahurangi National Park
- 5:46 Call for A-grade taskforce to keep pace with Australia's Covid-19 economic recovery
- 5:47 Man was offered no support after psychiatric care - family
- 5:56 Students keen to get back into sports under level 2
- 6:09 Another political poll bad news for National and Bridges
- 6:12 National dives in polls - political analysis with Tau Henare, David Cormack
- 6:20 Wellington bar owners urge locals to return for a drink
- 6:25 Seymour welcomes possibility of third ACT seat in Parliament
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
- 5:09 Simon Bridges calls for National leadership vote on Friday
- 5:19 Man killed by police still in driver's seat when shots fired
- 5:22 Air NZ cabin crew on furlough: Hibernation or hostage-taking?
- 5:22 Elderly Mangawhai couple may lose home in long-running rates dispute
- 5:40 Covid-19: 1,500 jobs on the line at Fletcher Building
- 5:40 Potato price spike blamed on closed shops under lockdown
- 5:45 Evening business for 20 May 2020
- 6:02 More lives at risk in mental health units - grieving parents
- 6:09 What does Tauranga think of Todd Muller?
- 6:14 Simon Bridges 'too political' at times as National leader - Chester Borrows
- 6:20 Govt's Covid-19 tracing app criticised as clunky, too late
- 6:25 Simon Bridges 'the one they have to stick with' - Jami-Lee Ross
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
- 5:07 Charity joins growing crowd urging Air NZ for much-needed refunds
- 5:12 National leadership in question after disaster poll result
- 5:16 Aucklanders' views on National Leader Simon Bridges
- 5:18 Jim Bolger backs Todd Muller as potential National leader
- 5:24 Treasury no-show at Epidemic Response Committee 'unacceptable' - National
- 5:32 Evening business for 19 May 2020
- 5:44 Whakairo teachers welcome govt $7.6m to keep the art alive
- 5:50 International travel may not bounce back for five years - IATA
- 6:06 NZQA in talks about university entrance requirements after lockdown - Holsted
- 6:14 Peters appeals High Court ruling over pension leak
- 6:16 Covid-19 in New Zealand - the numbers on Tuesday
- 6:23 Taxpayers may be liable if Taranaki oil ship spills
Monday, 18 May 2020
- 5:07 Covid-19: Back to school, but things are a little different
- 5:14 Top pay band restored for early childhood teachers
- 5:15 What does ECE teacher funding boost mean for kindergartens?
- 5:21 WHO Covid-19 inquiry about learning, not blame - Ardern
- 5:25 Air NZ refunds cancelled flights transitting through US
- 5:32 Evening business for 18 May 2020
- 5:36 Under lockdown, NZ population became 5 million
- 5:39 Cell tower arsons putting lives at risk - telecommunications companies
- 5:45 Cardinal John Dew welcomes review of church gathering rules
- 6:06 Labour surges, National plummets in Newshub-Reid Research poll
- 6:13 Covid-19: Schools, ECEs reopen after eight weeks
- 6:17 Some anxious parents as children return to school under level 2
- 6:20 Covid-19: No new cases again in NZ but Bloomfield warns vigilance
- 6:24 Super Rugby returns, but not as we know it
Friday, 15 May 2020
- 5:07 NZ Couriers claim drivers' wage subsidy: 'They're rorting everyone'
- 5:14 Budget 2020's $50 billion spend - how will we pay for it?
- 5:22 From pouring wine to poisoning wallabies? Jobs offered in pest control
- 5:27 Ardern's first trip outside central Wellington in weeks
- 5:35 Evening business for 15 May 2020
- 5:40 Suspected cell tower attackers 'placing people's lives at risk'
- 5:42 What Budget 2020 could do to help end homelessness
- 5:47 Travellers stuck as InterCity buses not running
- 5:52 Covid-19: How are restrictions working in Australia?
- 6:08 Dr Siouxsie Wiles explains 'weak positive' Covid-19 case at Marist
- 6:17 Dunedin city goes pedestrian friendly to attract visitors
- 6:17 Christchurch Muslim community share call with Prince William
- 6:20 No hands, no problem for world-famous NZ gamer
- 6:27 Harsh reality of Hawke's Bay drought caught on camera
Thursday, 14 May 2020
- 5:07 Budget 2020: $50b rescue fund in the shadow of Covid-19
- 5:10 Budget 2020 an umbrella for a rainy day - Finance Minister Grant Robertson
- 5:20 Tourists return to Queenstown after weeks of lockdown
- 5:24 Budget's tourism funding not enough - tourism leaders
- 5:33 Evening business for Thursday 14 May
- 5:37 Kelvin Davis discusses $400m tourism funding in Budget
- 5:46 Budget: Rotorua tour boss needs domestic travel now
- 5:49 Covid-19: Shoppers queue for level 2 mall reopening
- 5:53 Lockdown hairdos finally get the chop under level 2
- 6:06 Opposition leader Simon Bridges responds to Budget 2020
- 6:14 Budget: Employment, Manufacturing Association boss looking for govt economic strategy
- 6:23 Wellington retailers welcome customers back under level 2
- 6:32 Budget: Funding welcomed, but Māori business miss out
- 6:36 Ministry of Health seeking flu vaccines to meet extra demand
- 6:45 Budget: Domestic tourism plans 'a bit lacking' - NZ tour boss
- 6:51 Day one of level 2: Hair clippers buzzing, gyms pumping
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
- 5:07 Fiery debate in Parliament over level 2 gathering rules
- 5:11 Health Minister explains new level 2 tangi, funeral rules
- 5:18 Grieving family relieved at change to level 2 tangi rules
- 5:22 Waitematā DHB deputy boss apologises to nurses over Covid-19 outbreak
- 5:37 Evening business for 13 May 2020
- 5:42 'We're hidden' - unemployed man one of many denied benefit help
- 5:47 Distancing rules causing problems for buses across NZ
- 5:51 Māori concerned at powers to search marae without warrant
- 6:06 Funeral directors, whanau welcome level 2 tangi rule change
- 6:11 Police failed clearance to trial facial recognition - Little
- 6:14 After Covid-19 doctors' waiting rooms will never be the same
- 6:21 Oil tanker with 40,000 barrels waiting months off Taranaki coast
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
- 5:07 Tourism Minister under fire as industry faces thousands of job losses
- 5:14 Covid-19: Waitematā DHB outbreak: Doctors' union fears cover-up
- 5:17 Tension in Parliament as level 2 rules hotly debated
- 5:21 Budget 2020: Health gets major funding boost to fight Covid-19
- 5:25 Covid-19: Schools planning for level 2 reopening
- 5:29 Rolling visits at tangihanga allowed under Covid-19 level 2
- 5:35 Evening business for 12 May 2020
- 5:41 Future ownership of Stuff remains unclear
- 5:45 Dentists, hairdressers prepare for work in masks, gloves
- 5:55 Decades old signage sets tongues wagging in New Plymouth
- 6:06 Tourism Minister grilled at Epidemic Response Committee
- 6:13 Tourism Minister's communication with industry 'chaotic' - Haka Tourism boss
- 6:25 Covid-19: What will supermarkets look like under level 2?
Monday, 11 May 2020
- 5:09 Covid-19: NZ prepares to move to level 2
- 5:14 Covid-19 positive woman jailed for refusing medical check at airport
- 5:16 Covid-19 lockdown levels - latest from Parliament
- 5:20 Covid-19: Level 2 questions, answered by Grant Robertson
- 5:35 One in five SkyCity staff face job losses
- 5:43 Covid-19: Level 2 announcement a relief to many Aucklanders
- 5:45 Air NZ internal documents reveal long, slow recovery
- 5:46 Evening business for 11 May 2020
- 5:55 Lung cancer patient's family beg for Keytruda funding in NZ
- 6:09 Covid-19 level 2 rules in NZ - what you need to know
- 6:10 Covid-19: Mixed reactions to level 2 plans in Wellington
- 6:15 Dunedin bar owner responds to Covid-19 level 2 announcement
- 6:25 Social services urge govt to boost benefits as poverty rises
Friday, 8 May 2020
- 5:07 Govt releases thousands of pages of Covid-19 decisions - details explained
- 5:14 NZ's latest Covid-19 case an Auckland nurse
- 5:15 Matamata bar owner opens up about Covid-19 cluster outbreak
- 5:22 Principals fear secondary students won't return after taking up work to help family incomes
- 5:25 Ruby Princess musician describes Covid-19 lockdown on cruise ship
- 5:35 Evening business for Friday 8 May 2020
- 5:38 Oil tankers queued at Marsden Pt as demand drops
- 5:43 Man in quarantine pleads to see wife who has hours to live
- 5:46 Food going to waste as couriers overwhelmed with demand
- 5:50 How gyms will operate under level 2 Covid-19 rules in NZ
- 5:53 Level 3 surge in traffic brings needed boost to small towns
- 5:55 Covid-19 in New Zealand: What have we learnt under lockdown?
- 6:07 Unemployment surges as Covid-19-focused Budget Day looms
- 6:10 Covid-19 isolation hard going, even for the Chatham Islands
- 6:17 Ski resorts expect low numbers without international tourists
- 6:24 What lockdown life in a zoo was like for a Christchurch family
Thursday, 7 May 2020
- 5:07 Covid-19: Level 2 to be a 'safer version of normal'
- 5:11 Covid-19: Level 2 rules - what you need to know
- 5:26 Couriers win right to fight for better work conditions
- 5:32 Evening business for 7 May 2020
- 5:38 Economic recovery focus of NZ Budget 2020 - Finance Minister
- 5:42 Thousands made redundant as tourism businesses enter hibernation
- 5:48 Hawke's Bay farmers go online to fight drought woes together
- 5:52 Young Act vice president quits over sexual harrassment
- 5:56 Chow co-owner describes running business on a knife-edge
- 6:06 Al Brown describes how restaurants will work under level 2
- 6:14 Water restrictions in Auckland as drought won't relent
- 6:23 Covid-19: The alert level 2 rules for sport in NZ
- 6:24 Aotea Great Barrier locals ready to turn away tourists at wharf
Wednesday, 6 May 2020
- 5:07 Was Covid-19 lockdown legal? Professor Claudia Geiringer explains
- 5:16 Epidemic Response Committee summons officials over legal advice for Covid-19 lockdown
- 5:21 Marist student tests positive for Covid-19 nearly seven weeks after outbreak
- 5:34 Evening business for Wednesday 6 May
- 5:38 Law firms repay millions of dollars in unneeded wage subsidies
- 5:47 Petition to ban non-NZ freedom campers across country grows
- 5:51 Rugby: Cane admits surprise at scoring All Blacks captain job
- 6:06 MPs hear NZers' traumatic experiences under Covid-19 lockdown
- 6:11 Auckland unemployment may be triple that of GFC - report
- 6:16 Drought relief 'drop in the ocean' - Hawke's Bay farmer
- 6:20 Australia govt not urgent on trans-Tasman bubble
- 6:23 NZ First stays silent on foundation donations
Tuesday, 5 May 2020
- 5:07 NZ, Australia agree to trans-Tasman travel plan - latest update
- 5:14 Education response to pandemic praised and damned
- 5:17 'I refuse for our kids to be unemployed' - principal decries Education Ministry lockdown planning
- 5:25 Quarantine exemption appeal response should not be automated - Ardern
- 5:33 Evening business for 5 May 2020
- 5:37 NZ, Australia Covid-19 lockdowns not as different as they seem - expert
- 5:43 Confusing, inconsistent lockdown rules for Auckland fruit and vege shops
- 5:50 Waitemata DHB limiting staff movements after Covid-19 outbreak
- 5:53 Social Development Ministry preparing for wave of unemployment - leaked documents
- 6:10 Viaduct bar owner planning for level 2 party
- 6:13 National pitches Covid-19 financial rescue package
- 6:17 Lockdown-breakers disrupting conservation measures on Motukorea Island
- 6:20 Christchurch police investigate poisoning of family pets
- 6:25 West Auckland being kept awake by barn owls
Monday, 4 May 2020
- 5:09 New Zealand's first day of no new Covid-19 cases
- 5:13 High Court lets UK man leave quarantine to visit dying father
- 5:18 Covid-19 cluster: Marist College students, staff offered tests
- 5:21 Auckland water levels still dire despite weekend downpours
- 5:27 Cancer patients, elective surgeries face long waits under Covid-19 restrictions
- 5:35 Evening business for 4 May 2020
- 5:41 Pharmac pulling Keytruda a blow to health equity in NZ - top oncologist
- 5:46 Ōtaki shops get creative to survive Covid-19 lockdown
- 5:50 Taranaki tourism shows signs of life
- 5:56 New Zealanders take haircuts into own hands in lockdown
- 6:07 NZ reaches zero new Covid-19 cases, Ardern to join Australian Cabinet meeting
- 6:11 Dr Mark Jacobs compares Swine Flu and Covid-19
- 6:19 Repatriated travellers from India grateful to be in Auckland
- 6:25 Gun group takes Police Minister to task over no ammo compo
Friday, 1 May 2020
- 5:07 Covid-19: Three Waitemata DHB staff infected after PPE failure
- 5:10 Covid-19: Waitematā DHB concedes staff have complained about ill-fitting PPE
- 5:18 Govt pledges interest-free loans to small businesses
- 5:23 West Coast urges govt to ease lockdown in region to save jobs
- 5:26 Man charged with murder after woman dies in Mt Roskill
- 5:31 Evening business for 1 May 2020
- 5:35 What you need to know if cannabis becomes legal in New Zealand
- 5:50 How a top Auckland chef is facing the Covid-19 lockdown struggle
- 6:06 NZ cannabis growing rules released ahead of referendum
- 6:20 Redcurrent owner on rent strike, battling to survive lockdown
- 6:20 Iwi health services on major mission to test more Māori
- 6:24 Grieving communities struggling with lockdown funeral rules
Thursday, 30 April 2020
- 5:07 Govt warned of huge rise in poverty following Covid-19
- 5:10 Covid-19: Migrant workers desperate for more help, but govt denies benefit access
- 5:17 Covid-19: Bloomfield advises NZ scientists work with AUS on vaccine
- 5:20 Covid-19: Northland checkpoint remains with police help
- 5:33 Evening business for 30 April 2020
- 5:37 Man sentenced for fatal stabbing over missing tobacco
- 5:39 Returned traveller describes Covid-19 quarantine in NZ
- 5:45 Police Commissioner on legality of community checkpoints
- 5:51 Police officer jailed for six years over rape of colleague
- 5:55 Flood of abandoned animals expected at centres under level 3
- 6:06 Ardern address complaints of level 3 lockdown breaches
- 6:08 Are NZers keeping distance under lockdown level 3?
- 6:14 Sepuloni refuses law change to help desperate migrant workers
- 6:23 $7.4m loss not as bad as expected at NZ Rugby