Morning Report for Tuesday 19 May 2020

6:13 AM.A generation of New Zealanders spending their lockdown in rest homes have memories of schools closing due to epidemics that swept the country during their childhoods.

After polio first gripped New… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Acting veteran Mark Hadlow has had to swap the stage for working on a building site in order to keep the cash coming in during the Covid-19 restrictions.

The actor and comedian is best known… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:42 AM.America's Centers for Disease Control warned on Monday that the United States is on course to record 100,000 coronavirus deaths by the beginning of next month.

Some models predict that grim moment… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Queenstown migrant workers say they're stuck in limbo without more clarity on the sponsored working visa rules.

Up to 10,000 jobs are estimated to have been lost in the resort town with more expected… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.The World Health Assembly has been held overnight with close to 200 countries from around the world taking part.

It's taking place during the worst pandemic in modern history, and that's been the… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.The latest Newshub Reid-Research poll has Labour on 56.5 percent and National falling to 30.6. On these poll results Labour would easily be able to govern alone.

To add to Simon Bridges' woes - his… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.At some point in March, New Zealand welcomed its five millionth resident according to an estimate from Statistics New Zealand.

While there's no way of knowing for sure, it's likely the five millionth… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.The first days of life under Alert Level 2 has started with a hiss and a roar for retailers, restaurants and cafes, but some business owners fear the spending splurge will be short lived as recession… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Spending has increased significantly as the country moved from the Covid-19 Alert Level 4 to Level 3 and now to Level 2, but some businesses are still doing poorly.

Paymark, the company that runs… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Some people who lost jobs during the Covid-19 lockdown haven't found themselves out of work for long.

Around 40,000 more people signed up for the benefit during Alert Level 4 and 3, forcing the… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.While schools reopened on Monday, many parents chose to keep their children at home.

Data collected from more than 1400 schools by the Ministry of Education showed an average national attendance rate… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.If you thought the air was a little cleaner during lockdown, you're wrong.

It was a whole lot cleaner.

Niwa scientists estimate that pollution was down by three-quarters on average across the… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Vanuatu continues to be in desperate need of aid in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Harold, which swept through the Pacific in early April.

The islands of Espiritu Santo and Pentecost are among the… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.The Transport Agency estimates allowing people to legally cycle on footpaths could lead to one death and 17 serious injuries a year but still have a $10 million dollar up-side.

But opponents say the… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.All eyes are on leader of the National Party Simon Bridges after a devastating poll which shows Labour surging ahead.

In a Newshub Reid-Research poll released last night, Labour is on 56.5 percentage… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Closing New Zealand's borders to anyone but residents to clamp down on Covid-19, has also cut-off more than 90 percent of visitors to Rotorua's oldest tourism business, The Whakarewarewa Village.

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8:24 AM.The stress is continuing to grow for redundant Queenstown workers as reduced rents return to normal.

Between 8000 and 10,000 jobs have been lost in the resort town and more are expected to go in the… Read more Video, Audio

8:27 AM.As children return to school this week it may come as a surprise to learn their experience is remarkably similar to that of their forebears almost a hundred years ago.

New Zealand health authorities… Read more Audio

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

8:37 AM.MedSafe has won praise for moving quickly to make a herbal remedy which claims to be a treatment for Covid-19 only available on prescription.

As of this week artemisia annua extract is will no longer… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Official figures show mental health or distress is a factor in almost a quarter of police dog bites that need hospital treatment.

The police have defended the numbers, saying dogs are never used… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.A passenger on a flight from Auckland to Christchurch last Thursday says the lack of spare seats was an unwelcome surprise.

William Howard was travelling south on an Air New Zealand flight to visit a… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.A 19-year old man has been arrested in Tonga in connection with the death of Salvation Army leader Ned Cook, who was attacked near his home in Nuku'alofa on Friday.

Mr Cook was an outspoken advocate… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.An Education Ministry study has found strong evidence poor communities are losing some of their best students to schools in richer areas.

It says enrolment zones and school choice enable… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Artists, musicians and actors say the entertainment industry will fall into crisis if it can't open up again soon.

People in the arts are often placed front and centre of charity work for others… Read more Audio