Morning Report for Tuesday 4 August 2020

6:19 AM.A record drug seizure in Papua New Guinea means other countries around the Pacific will need to be extra vigilant in case their countries become routes for illegal drugs.

Last Friday PNG police… 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

6:40 AM.Shane Jones says more than 13,000 people have been employed because of investments from the Provincial Growth Fund.

He says a detailed stocktake shows the government has cracked the target of… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The communities of south Auckland and Queenstown are being encouraged to get tested for Covid-19 to ensure there is no community transmission after a visitor to the areas tested positive in South… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.The World Health Organisation says people need to not become complacent about Coronavirus.

Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus's key message at his overnight media briefing was when it comes to… Read more Audio

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

7:08 AM.Shane Jones is crowing over cracking the target of creating more than 10,000 jobs through the Provincial Growth Fund.

The Regional Economic Development Minister says a detailed stocktake has found… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The Heart Foundation is seeking urgent action to help save lives.

Around 10,000 New Zealanders die from cardiovascular disease each year, and experts say almost one in four of these deaths could be… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.China is suspending Hong Kong's extradition agreement with New Zealand.

It comes a week after New Zealand suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong after the passage of a new security law which… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The Australian state of Victoria is bringing in tough new measures in Melbourne, including a curfew, masks and the requirement to stay home for many.

Can similar measures be imposed here if New… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.The government wants to use Covid-19's disruption of the stricken $5 billion foreign student industry to bring in permanent change.

A Cabinet paper from June reveals a desire for higher-value… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Two of the country's busiest airports have sketched out their plans for an international travel bubble should the government announce one.

Auckland Airport says it will physically divide operations… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.A new study by Te Pūnaha Matatini has found Māori scientists remain severely under-represented in New Zealand universities, making up less than 5 percent of those employed.

Researchers obtained data… Read more Audio

7:58 AM.Since our borders shut there have been over 28,000 applications for a border exemption, close to 5000 have been approved but just half over those have have arrived here.

It's largely because people… Read more Audio

7:59 AM.Climate change experts want New Zealand to act immediately to implement the new National Climate Change Risk Assessment.

The report, the first of its kind, highlights the areas that need urgent… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Shane Jones is hailing the success of the Provincial Growth Fund, saying it's provided more than 13,000 jobs.

The National Party says the figures only show how many people have worked on a project -… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Thousands of shops, factories and offices across Melbourne are closing on Thursday for six weeks after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews ordered them to shut to stop the spread of coronavirus.

One… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Microsoft is in talks to buy part of TikTok, a Chinese social media app which is popular with young people around the world.

If the sale goes ahead the tech-giant will take control of the app in the… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Hong Kong was lauded for its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic until relatively recently. In what's becoming a cautionary tale, the city now finds itself dealing with a third wave of infections.

The… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.Opening borders to yachts could be a sustainable way to invite travellers back into New Zealand.

Yachties say systems are already in place to cope with a steady arrival of yacht owners.

Chris… Read more Audio

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

8:45 AM.New tenancy law which aims to strengthen renters' rights is expected to be pushed through Parliament under urgency this week.

Associate Housing Minister Kris Faafoi has promised to overhaul the… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.People around Queenstown are being encouraged to get tested for Covid-19 after a recent visitor tested positive in South Korea.

A free pop-up surveillance testing site has been set up today at the… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Pasifika researchers are dismayed at the Government's choice of a relatively cheap way of running the next Census in 2023.

Both Pasifika and Māori groups say this is not the way to rebuild trust… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Climate change means, among other things, shrinking glaciers.

You might be surprised to learn that the scientific evidence linking human greenhouse gas emissions and the melting of glaciers is pretty… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.A Wellington artist has taken out a $25,000 dollar prize for a rather unusual piece of work.

Poppy Lekner's piece, 'Forward Slash', consists of hundreds of forward slashes on a single sheet of A4… Read more Audio