Midday Report for Tuesday 5 May 2020

12:45 PM.Nearly two-thirds of Auckland's arts sector is worried there still won't be work in six months' time.

A survey of 332 Auckland creatives for Te Taumata Toi-a-Iwi found 80 per cent had cancelled an… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.New legislation going before parliament suggests foreign passengers could have been using private planes and yachts to dodge the border closure.

The immigration bill announced yesterday will give… Read more Audio

12:36 PM.A Hawke's Bay farming leader says finding ways to get feed into drought-hit parts of the region is front of mind, as some farmers battle the worst conditions they've seen in decades.

Andrew McRae has… Read more Audio

12:29 PM.The Wellington Phoenix still have some questions about the financial impact of restarting the A-League.

Barry Guy has sport. Read more Audio

12:17 PM.The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, is currently meeting with Australian leaders at their National Cabinet video conference, where the topic of trans-Tasman travel will be discussed.

For weeks New… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The Epidemic Response Committee has also heard from other parts of the education sector this morning.

RNZ's Education Correspondent, John Gerritsen, has been watching the meeting and speaks wot Māni… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.An Auckland school principle has described the Ministry of Education's response to the Covid-19 pandemic as a shambles.

Representatives from the education sector are presenting to the Epidemic… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The Ministry of Education's Covid-19 response is labelled a shambles. Will New Zealanders move from household-sized bubbles, to a trans-Tasman one?

Nicola Wright has the news. Read more Audio