Morning Report for Monday 6 April 2020

6:10 AM.The Leader of the Opposition says it's not too early to start talking about an exit plan, but the focus has to remain on heightened levels of testing and contact tracing, and tougher border… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.An IVF patient who's had to stop treatment because of the lockdown says fertility services should be classed as essential.

Clinics around the country are closed for most treatments because they are… Read more Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:40 AM.As the country approaches the halfway point of a month-long lockdown the Government is turning its attentions to an exit plan.

While the level four lockdown appears to be having some success, Jacinda… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.The IT industry fears the Health Ministry is adopting contact tracing technology that is too slow to keep up with the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Health Ministry says it has repurposed its existing… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The National Party says small businesses are being hit hard by the lockdown, when many could continue to work safely.

.Todd McClay is the party's economic development spokersperson.

He speaks to… Read more Audio

6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

7:02 AM.The Queen has made a special address on the Covid-19 pandemic.

It is only the fifth time she has broadcast to the nation and the Commonwealth.

The others being the beginning of the land war in Iraq… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The country's three major IT groups have been left out of the loop by the Government in the race to speed up contact tracing of Covid-19 carriers

This despite the consensus that rapid, mass tracing… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Front-line emergency hospital staff should be wearing surgical masks at all times according to new guidelines being issued today.

The Australasian College of Emergency Medicine has updated its… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The country's three major IT groups say they have been left out of the loop over picking the right technology for contact tracing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This despite the consensus that rapid… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Illegal community checkpoints on the East Coast are being credited for the low presence of Covid-19 in the region.

Gisborne has just one case of the virus, and experts say its strategy could be… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Prison guards say they are having to confine prisoners to their cells for between 20 and 23 hours a day in most jails to manage physical distancing during the Covid-19 outbreak.

People with family… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.As the world has moved to try to contain the spread of Covid 19, global demand for fuel has dropped dramatically.

This has led to a buildup of stock and pressure on storage facilities. New Zealand is… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Thousands of people are facing uncertainty and worry after having their fertility treatment put on hold because it's not an essential service.

Fertility clinics shut up shop when the lockdown hit for… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Charities are feeling the financial pinch from the ongoing disruptions of the Covid-19 lockdown.

Fundraisers and street appeals have been cancelled, and organisations are expecting millions of… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.As we enter day 12 of the lockdown 1039 people have been confirmed as having Covid 19, one person has died and 15 people are in hospital, two in a critical condition.

Worldwide the number of… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.Consumer New Zealand says it's getting complaints from people being stung with massive cancellation fees for weddings that aren't able to go ahead.

There have also been complaints from people who've… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.An Auckland woman says she was shocked that her boss applied for the government's wage subsidy under her name after making her redundant.

The acupuncturist says she didn't get any notice before the… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.New South Wales police have launched a criminal investigation into the operator of the Ruby Princess cruise ship, after it allowed thousands of passengers to disembark in Sydney - despite some people… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.Taxis are an essential service operating during lockdown, but there are challenges for drivers trying to keep themselves and their passengers safe.

Many of them aren't working at all because of a… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Sole parents with small children are being turned away from supermarkets in some towns, and suffering abuse on the street and online from people accusing them of "breaking the rules" during lockdown.

8:43 AM.Whanau who live by the sea and rely on it to put food on the table are urging the government for some leniency on fishing bans during the lockdown.

Isolated communities on Aotea Great Barrier Island… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Mothers who flee domestic violence in other countries, bringing their children with them, are set to have greater rights in international child abduction cases.

That's after the Court of Appeal ruled… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.A huge cyclone is heading straight for Vanuatu and is due to make landfall this morning.

Cyclone Harold could be one of the most serious cyclones of the season as other major storms have been mostly… Read more Audio

8:58 AM.The Government has made it clear that water is out of bounds for anyone wanting some lockdown exercise. Swimming, surfing and boating - and even fishing - are no longer permitted.

Barbara Kendall is… Read more Audio