Morning Report for Monday 18 May 2020

6:13 AM.The Law Society says immigrants can be reassured that changes to urgent legislation will not used to disadvantage them.

The fast-tracked immigration bill passed through parliament in a week and… Read more Audio

6:23 AM.Over 1000 people flocked to Christchurch's Riccarton Bush farmers market at the weekend.

It was the first time in seven weeks farmers markets were allowed to open due to Covid 19 restrictions.

RNZ… Read more Audio

6:25 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

6:28 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:37 AM.This morning the consumer watchdog is lodging a complaint with the Commerce Commission over Air New Zealand's ongoing refusal to refund passengers from all its cancelled US flights.

The airline last… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.The Government has earmarked $12 million in this year's budget to bolster security at the Maangere Refugee Resettlement Centre following the Christchurch Mosque attacks.

The Government is also… Read more Audio

6:51 AM.The head of Sport Canterbury hopes a financial recovery package to deal with the impact of Covid-19 will drive a change in the sector's funding model.

Sport and Recreation will get $265 million in… Read more Audio

6:55 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

7:08 AM.Teachers and principals are bracing themselves for all manner of reactions when eight-hundred-thousand school children return to class on Monday for the first time in eight weeks.

Some children will… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.As up to 800,000 school children head back to school today for the first time in eight weeks, many more parents are also able to return to their offices.

That means many more cars on the roads after… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.New figures obtained by RNZ show the last two years had the highest rates of gun crime and deaths involving firearms for nearly 10 years.

Despite that rise, there hasn't been a corresponding increase… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The loosening of restrictions under the shift to Alert Level 2 began last Thursday, but today is a whole new ball game as schools reopen and tens of thousands more people hit the roads, and return to… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The telecommunications sector says a spate of suspected arson attacks on cellphone towers is putting lives at risk.

Fires at towers over the weekend mean there have now been 17 suspected attacks over… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The consumer watchdog says Air New Zealand is still not refunding passengers booked on cancelled flights to or from the United States, and is providing misleading information to those seeking a… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Teachers and principals are today bracing themselves for the return of up to 800,000 school children.

But after eight weeks away, how smoothly will things go?

Neil Watson of Otahuhu College, Cathy… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.School vans will be leaving in a few minutes to scour Auckland roads for students left behind by public buses.

Macleans College principal Steve Hargreaves is sending out the college's vehicles to… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.The struggling New Zealand sports sector is receiving a boost in its bid to survive and adapt amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sport and Recreation Minister Grant Robertson announced yesterday $265… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Students around the country are flooding back to school today.

Principals are bracing themselves to deal with the many challenges involved - ranging from how to get everyone to school when seats on… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Playcentre families are reeling from a lack of adequate funding in the Budget.

Parents have been posting on the Prime Minister's Facebook page, stressing how upset they are that underfunding could… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Around the world countries emerging from lockdown are trying to keep track of where their citizens are going, and who they are coming into contact with.

In New Zealand the status of a… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The government will spend more than $13 million fixing damage to two of New Zealand's Great Walks, in the hope that the popular tramping routes could re-open for the summer season.

More than 440… Read more Audio

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

8:35 AM.People who look after children who cannot be cared for by their own parents will receive more money from July.

Around 14,000 caregivers look after more than 22,000 children, both inside and outside… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Among the many activities people were able to do for the first time at the weekend under level two, was to head to their local farmers market.

The risk of spreading Covid-19 meant they were forced to… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Shoppers were able to enjoy New Zealand's malls and high streets over the weekend.

But the precarious situation for retailers wasn't helped by a government flip flop on the rules around contact… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Today about 800,000 children are returning to school for the first time in eight weeks. Most have not been to school since 24 March.

Schools have to maintain strict hygiene with hand sanitiser in… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The operators of one of New Zealand's largest heritage railways are worried that the loss of passengers over the lockdown could mean that its historic trains will be mothballed indefinitely.

The… Read more Audio