Morning Report

Health officials have their fingers crossed the country's vaccination roll-out won't have lost momentum as it resumes this morning.

After pausing the process yesterday, a reduced number of arms will… Read more Audio

Seven hours - that's how long some people are waiting in line for a Covid-19 test.

Liz Stedman joined the queue in Hamilton just before midday yesterday when the testing station at Claudelands Event… Read more Audio

People right across Auckland are queuing at Covid-19 testing stations before they've even opened this morning, as the number of locations of interest balloons to almost 70.

There are currently 10… Read more Audio

Applications will open tomorrow for the wage subsidy for employers which have a 40 percent drop in revenue because of the Covid-19 lockdown.

The government says it has the resources to be able to pay… Read more Audio

The military mission to get New Zealand's remaining citizens out of Afghanistan is to depart from Auckland's Whenuapai Base on Thursday morning.

About 40 personnel will board the Hercules aircraft… Read more Audio

The Reserve Bank has made it patently clear higher interest rates are coming.

Governor Adrian Orr says the OCR would likely have been raised yesterday, but the Covid-19 lockdown put a stop to that.

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The country is anxiously awaiting new information from health authorities about the number of emerging Covid-19 cases.

One of three new cases confirmed last night has no known link to the existing… Read more Audio

Police will be out again today enforcing the rules of the level four lockdown.

Yesterday there were eight arrests at anti-lockdown protests and drivers across the country were checked to ensure… Read more Audio

Northlanders are hoping rulebreakers will be kept out of the region today, in the final hours of inter-regional travel.

People who were away from home when lockdown began have until midnight tonight… Read more Audio

The Coromandel's large population of older people are nervously waiting to see if more Covid-19 cases are discovered in the area.

Rest homes are shut for visits and local leaders are urging people to… Read more Audio

Nurses are anxious about their workplace safety if the Covid-19 outbreak escalates, believing they're wearing PPE unfit for purpose and that a stretched staff will be placed under excessive pressure.