Morning Report for Wednesday 3 June 2020

6:17 AM.More than half of a $30 million emergency welfare fund has been spent in just over a month, and many of those in need are foreigners and migrant workers who can't get home.

With the borders still… 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

6:39 AM.America has experienced its seventh night of protests after the death of African-American man George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer.

This despite President Donald Trump warning if… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Last night saw a relatively quiet night in Minneapolis, where George Floyd died.

Speaking to a crowd, Floyd's brother, Terrence Floyd, harrangued those engaged in violence and looting for pulling… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.The National Party is raising further questions about whether refugee journalist Behrouz Boochani should have been allowed into New Zealand in the first place.

Boochani, who spent six years in… Read more Audio

6:51 AM.Hotels in the South Island are sacking staff and going into liquidation as a lack of business takes its toll.

The Methven Resort Hotel, first opened in the Canterbury region in 1985, was placed into… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.New York has seen more looting in the wake of the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd, despite a curfew designed to maintain order in the city.

It comes after Donald Trump threatened to deploy the… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.There has been continued outrage in Washington DC over yesterday's decision to forcibly remove peaceful protesters from a park in Washington DC so that the President could stage a photo-opp at a… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.The National Party says mixed messages from the government on Covid 19 alert levels are causing the public to get complacent about social distancing as evidenced in the Black Lives Matter rallies held… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Yesterday we brought you a story about the asking prices for houses holding up.

That was according to the online property website, realestate.co.nz.

Today a new report from Quotable Value suggests… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.More than half of a $30 million emergency welfare fund has been spent in just over a month, and many of those in need are foreigners and migrant workers who can't get home.

With the borders still… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.An international medical group is calling for greater efforts to be made to ensure that any future Covid-19 vaccines are sold at cost and made accessible to all.

It argues any government that funds… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Global guidelines for air travel have been released by the International Civil Aviation Organisation, aimed at restarting international travel safely.

The UN agency recommends the wearing of masks by… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.President Donald Trump's threat of military force against the protesters on the streets of American cities is an unprecedented one.

It follows warnings from the President that governors who don't… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Apprenticeships across all industries are to be fully subsidised in a bid to bolster employment prospects.

The Targeted Training and Apprenticeships Fund will pay the tuition costs of people of any… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Course fees have been scrapped for all apprenticeships for the next 2.5 years.

In last month's budget, $320 million was earmarked for training and apprenticeships to support New Zealanders who had… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.The Council of Trade Unions is campaigning for sick leave to be doubled, from five to 10 days per year.

They say Covid-19 has shown New Zealanders how important it is to stay home when you're sick… Read more Audio

8:31 AM.Iwi and the wider public will now be allowed to have their say on the Gisborne District Council's plan to install two new small-scale models of Captain Cook's ship, Endeavour, in the city.

The… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.How badly family's incomes have been hit by Covid-19 will be a critical factor for schools deciding whether to be in or out of the government's school donation scheme next year.

Boards of trustees… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Kaikōura businesses are just managing to scrape by but prospects for the largely tourist town are grim if the border doesn't open to international visitors by summer. 

Local leaders are worried about… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Marine scientists are again butting heads over a plan to protect endangered Māui and Hector's dolphins.

A threat management plan for the dolphins was the subject of vicious debate when it was… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.A Christchurch gallery has apologised and pulled down controversial art after complaints the works appropriated Māori culture.

Yesterday, Windsor Gallery removed Rhonye McIlroy's art, which included… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.New Zealand Super Rugby teams will have new rules, some of them contentious, when the country's domestic competition starts on Saturday week.

Rugby reporter Joe Porter has the details.

He speaks to… Read more Audio