Morning Report

Hundreds of rest homes around the country will be scrutinised by health officials, after more deaths of elderly New Zealanders infected with Covid-19 made yesterday the deadliest yet since the… Read more Audio

Sixty New Zealanders landed in Auckland this morning on a government-assisted charter flight from South America.

Three Australians were also on board.

There are no commercial services operating… Read more Audio

The Government is due to make a decision on whether New Zealand can move out of Alert Level 4 next week, and the country will find out exactly what a drop to Level 3 that would entail soon.

But some… Read more Audio

With less than a week to go before the Government decides if it will end the level four lockdown, District Health Boards are being told to ramp up their testing for Covid-19.

The number of new cases… Read more Audio

Doctors are concerned that a huge drop in emergency and acute patients at hospitals could be just the beginning of a healthcare "mess" that will need cleaning up when Covid-19 is no longer the only… Read more Audio

The Government has announced a range of new measures to provide relief for small and medium sized businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic.

It includes $3 billion worth of tax breaks to help… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

Small businesses will get a $3 billion boost through tax breaks to help them ride out the worst of the impending economic crisis.

There will also be law changes to ease pressure on businesses… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

Businesses are worried about whether they're doing the right thing in the grey area of employing immigrants while they are on reduced hours.

Migrant workers are also nervous they are breaching their… Read more Audio

The school holidays are over and 800,000 children are starting school again today from their own homes.

Because of the lockdown, they can't go to class so they are learning remotely instead using… Read more Audio