Morning Report

An expert says the latest Covid-19 community outbreak could already comprise more than 100 people.

Michael Plank, a University of Canterbury Covid-19 mathematics professor, says the spread will… Read more Audio

Despite reassurances there are plenty of groceries on the shelves, people have still been rushing to supermarkets to stockpile for the nationwide lockdown.

Concerns of panic buying even… Read more Audio

Many people in Coromandel township have just spent an anxious night wondering if Covid-19 is spreading in their community.

The-58-year old man who has sparked the latest scare spent the weekend in… Read more Audio

Most of those spoken to in the South Island by RNZ last night were convinced of the need to lock down, despite the positive case being located in the North Island.

Conan Young reports. Read more Audio

New Zealanders are waking up this morning under a level four lockdown, as the Government goes hard and early following the discovery of a community case on Auckland's North Shore.

Health officials… Read more Audio

About 40 military personnel are still waiting to depart on the mission to evacuate New Zealand citizens and some Afghan nationals from Afghanistan.

Defence chiefs on both sides of the Tasman have… Read more Audio

There are reports some planes are leaving the Kabul airport in Afghanistan with only a handful of passengers.

Yesterday there were desperate scenes, chaos, and deaths on the tarmac as Afghans clung… Read more Audio

For the second time in just eight days, Transpower has had to ask lines companies to reduce power to North Island homes.

The timing on both occasions could hardly have been worse - in the first case… Read more Audio

Children across the country are not allowed to go to school today even if their parents are essential workers.

The Prime Minister says three days is too short a time to make plans for on-site… Read more Audio