Morning Report for Monday 15 June 2020

6:04 AM.The Dragons have claimed their first win of the NRL season, beating the Sharks 30-16 in Sydney. Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Midwives say a $2500 cash injection for each worker to help cover their lockdown costs isn't going to cut it. .

More than $92 million will go into essential health services that financially suffered… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Christchurch's New Brighton community says they're sick of waiting for a long-promised revamp to its run-down local shopping area, and wants the council to dump the group it's given the job to.

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6:23 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:25 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:34 AM.Far-right protesters and anti-racism demonstrators clashed repeatedly in London over the weekend with police trying to keep the two sides apart.

Hundreds of people wearing football shirts, chanting… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.A school principal says children whose families are locked out of the country by border closures are missing out on their education.

He has two students living in a shed in South Africa trying to… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.An international marine expert has waded in on debate over the science underpinning a plan to save Maui and Hector's dolphins, saying she tried to help, and was ignored.

The plan - which remains… Read more Audio

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

7:05 AM.An athlete led group says the International Olympic Committee's stance in potentially banning athletes who kneel in support of anti-racism protests is a breach of human rights. Read more Audio

7:11 AM.Altanta, Georgia is the latest flash point in America's on-going battle over police brutality and the killings of African Americans.

Over the weekend 27-year old Rayshard Brooks was killed by police… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Organisers of the Black Lives Matter protests in New Zealand are calling on the government to condemn police violence in the US, and disarm the police in New Zealand.

They say New Zealand isn't… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Black Lives Matter protesters have called on the government to publicly condemn police brutality in the United States.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said in the past she was 'horrified' by the… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.It's official - today is Elimination Day.

It's been 28 days since the last case of community transmission of Covid-19.

That means the chain of transmission has been broken and we've eliminated the… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Consulting engineers are calling for government support to stave off big job losses. Around 2000 jobs could go and it is expected many who lose their jobs will head off to Australia for work.

An… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.National's new leader Todd Muller has laid out how he intends to steer the National Party towards the general election just three months away.

Speaking on his home turf at the Te Puna Rugby Clubrooms… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Rugby fans flocked in as professional sport made its return in New Zealand over the weekend.

More than 60,000 attended Super Rugby Aotearoa matches in Auckland and Dunedin - the competition one of… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Around $60 million is being allocated from the Provincial Growth Fund to create jobs throughout the country. Almost half the funding will support local roading projects, while $26 million is going to… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Wellington Phoenix are ready to go for a resumption of football's A-league, but they'll need official clearance to cross the Tasman before the team can start training again. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.A community advocate says Black Lives Matter protests over the weekend were just as much about systemic racism in New Zealand, as it was about police brutality in the US.

Protests were held in… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.We've just had the first weekend under Alert Level 1 and the impact was felt in hospital emergency departments across the country.

Stabbings, assaults and car crashes were just some of the reasons… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.A Chinese New Zealander says she's struggling to reopen her Auckland business because her mother has been stranded in Fiji for almost three months.

Her mother flew to Fiji to renew her New Zealand… Read more Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:37 AM.A full house of 43,000 fans gathered at Eden Park to watch some rugby, and celebrate the end of coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions.

It's the largest crowd the Blues have played in front of for 15… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.An injection of money into cash-strapped community health care services is expected to cover most of the immediate extra costs from Covid-19 but anxiety over long-term funding remains.

More than $92… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Boutique Canterbury skifields are fearful for their future as new Transport Agency rules around snow and State Highway 73 take effect.

A new system has been introduced for the southern alpine passes… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Christchurch's New Brighton community is sick of delays in a long promised revamp to its run-down local shopping area, and is calling on the council to dump the group it's given the job to.

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8:57 AM.A South Island community is on a mission to spread "the joy of Christmas" yes, in June to people in need of some cheer in a town struck hard by Covid-19.

The Wanaka community is hosting a mid-winter… Read more Audio