Morning Report for Monday 13 July 2020

6:09 AM.A Kiwi set to be deported from Australia says he would be happy to stay in a Covid-19 isolation facility back home - as it would be a step closer to visiting his dying father.

Miles Rowe is being… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.The Justice Minister says he shares business owners' frustration over the lack of Government assistance to settle disputes between landlord and tenant in the wake of the Covid-19 lockdown.

In early… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.The Government is quietly scrapping the controversial policy which pays family members to care for a disabled relative but the alternatives are being criticised as just as confusing and bureaucratic.

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

6:38 AM.The National Party leader says people will be rightly nervous to learn that New Zealanders are being deported from Australia to stay in a government-run isolation facility.

It was revealed yesterday… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The Green Party has unveiled its second wave of election year promises - its plan to transition the country away from fossil-fuels if in government.

Co-leader James Shaw yesterday announced the… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Taranaki farmers - including a former All Black - have been taking a crash course in regenerative agriculture at workshops around the province this month.

Described as a holistic system that stresses… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.New Zealanders being deported from Australia don't know where they'll be staying once they arrive in the country.

The Australian government halted its controversial deportations of New Zealanders… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Small business owners are feeling abandoned by the government over what they call are failures to control disputes between commercial tenants and landlords.

Some struggling to survive they're being… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.The police are urging licenced firearms owners to provide contact details, and reassuring recipients that their request by email is not a scam.

Emails and text messages have been sent to firearms… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The Australian government halted its controversial deportations of New Zealanders during the lockdown but they are starting again this week.

A dedicated facility has been set up to allow them to… Read more Audio

7:33 AM.The Green Party has unveiled its plans for a fossil-fuel free New Zealand with a promise to end industrial coal use by 2030.

The party's Clean Energy Plan also proposes installing solar panels on all… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The ACT Party is promising its biggest and most expensive campaign in 15 years as it fights for more seats in parliament.

Party leader David Seymour has been the party's sole MP since 2014 - winning… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Public health experts say 548 fewer people died during the country's lockdown compared to the same period last year.

Epidemiologists from the University of Otago found the number of deaths dropped… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.The police's own figures have debunked claims made by the former Police Commissioner that there is no racial bias when it comes to deciding if a suspect should be charged.

At a Pandemic Response… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.A small group of Hawke's Bay landowners are fighting to ensure what's described as "a cancerous"' spread of urban development doesn't destroy quality crop lands on the Heretaunga Plains.

Councils… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.When the Christchurch Town Hall swung open its doors for the first time since lockdown yesterday, in marched thousands of New Zealand Army Band fans.

The musicians found new fame worldwide in April… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.A chartered flight carrying 30 deportees will arrive in New Zealand from Australia this week.

The government has set up a dedicated isolation facility but the location has not be revealed in order to… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.The capital is bucking the trend when it comes to unemployment, with more Wellington-based roles being advertised on the website Seek than anywhere else.

It's still a grim picture nationally, with… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.The ACT Party is promising to overturn firearms legislation drafted in response to the Mosque attacks, a focus on gangs and guns instead, employment insurance and tax reforms in a bid to secure voters… Read more Audio

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

8:37 AM.The World Health Organisation's first digital health worker has been designed by New Zealanders.

Over the weekend the WHO introduced Florence - an AI robotic resource to combat Covid-19… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.A new Māori venture is hoping to get more people to make use of marae for overnight accommodation. 

Similar to Airbnb, 'Book a Marae' is an online marketplace that will allow sporting groups… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Local businesses say Great Barrier Island has had more flights arriving in the last month than the previous ten months combined.

Business owners have teamed up to offer package deals for… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Today marks the first day of Matariki - with many rising at dawn to welcome in the new year.

The cluster of stars - sometimes called Pleaides - can be seen in the dawn sky.

Events to mark Matariki… Read more Audio