Morning Report

A new select committee report in the United Kingdom has found the country's failure to prevent Covid-19 spreading early in the pandemic was one of that its worst ever public health failures.

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The government's financial books for the first half of 2021 have showcased an economy bouncing back from the uncertainties of 2020.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson is cheering a deficit of $4.6… Read more Audio

Uncertainty about reopening Auckland's schools is denting the confidence of secondary students and raising doubts about NCEA exams.

Principals say they are running out of time to prepare teenagers… Read more Audio

National Party leader Judith Collins wants the Government to release the advice it received that prompted Auckland's move to alert level 3.

Collins told Morning Report she believes the government… Read more Audio

The Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says the Ministry of Social Development approved - and then revoked - the border exemption of two women who went to Northland from Auckland.

Both have… Read more Audio

A psychiatrist who has been employed in the Wellington region for more than a decade has promoted anti-vax views in multiple videos online.

The Hutt Valley DHB has confirmed he is still in the job… Read more Audio

MIQ hotels have recorded 117 escapes, attempted escapes, or residents wandering about in off-limits areas of their hotels in just 10 months.

The breaches have all happened since September last year… Read more Audio

Information remains in thin supply for Northlanders hoping their region will be released from level 3 restrictions.

The government will announce this afternoon if Northland and areas of Waikato can… Read more Audio

Covid-19 vaccination rates in rural communities are more than 10 percent behind those in urban centres.

Research from University of Otago's School of Medicine finds that low accessibility, longer… Read more Audio