Morning Report for Monday 31 August 2020

6:04 AM.Sydney FC have won the A-League football title for a record fifth time after beating Melbourne City 1-nil. Read more Audio

6:08 AM.Aucklanders are waking up to life in Alert Level 2 after the city moved out lockdown at midnight.

There are still restrictions on social gatherings, and Aucklanders are being encouraged to keep… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.Germany's President has called far-right unrest at the Reichstag building in Berlin "an intolerable attack" on the country's democracy.

An attempt to storm parliament took place on Saturday during a… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.The University of Otago has confirmed it could consider imposing caps on the number of Māori admissions to its medical school through a designated entry pathway, but has refused to give any more… Read more Audio

6:25 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:28 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:39 AM.Aucklanders are waking up to life out of lockdown after the city moved out of Alert Level 3 at midnight.

But it isn't completely joining the rest of the country in Alert Level 2 - instead moving to… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.With hundreds of thousands of children returning to school in Auckland today, teachers and parents are divided over whether they should be going back at all.

For some, there are questions over the… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Auckland is now at Alert Level 2.5.

The city's Alert Level 3 restrictions officially lifted at midnight on Sunday, but there are still some extra rules members of the public will have to follow.

… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.Firefighters will soon find out how far an out-of-control blaze has spread in the Mackenzie Basin overnight.

The fire, by Lake Pukaki near Twizel was reported just before lunchtime on Sunday - and… Read more Audio

6:54 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Sydney FC have won the A League football title for a fifth time. Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Aucklanders are waking up to life out of lockdown after the city moved out of Alert Level 3 at midnight.

It isn't completely joining the rest of the country in Alert Level 2 - instead moving to what… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.Auckland is back at Alert Level 2, or at Alert Level 2.5 as some would call it.

Reporter Anneke Smith is on Queen Street.

She speaks to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Auckland is now at Alert Level 2, but are people following the requirement to wear masks on public transport?

Reporter Matthew Theunissen is at the Manukau bus and train station.

He speaks to Susie… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.The national Māori pandemic group says moving Auckland out of level three is, at this stage, "premature and dangerous."

Te Ropu Whakakaupapa Uruta is urging the government to halt the relaxation of… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is standing by the decision to move Auckland out of Alert Level 3.

The city is now at what has been nicknamed "Alert Level 2.5", a version of Level 2 with the strong… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The police are quietly setting up an $8 million facial recognition system that can take a live feed from CCTV cameras and identify people from it.

This would push New Zealand into new territory for… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Firefighters will soon find out how far an out-of-control blaze has spread in the Mackenzie Basin overnight.

The fire, by Lake Pukaki near Twizel was reported just before lunchtime yesterday - and… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Masks are mandatory on public transport.

Reporter Eva Corlett has been riding the buses in Wellington to see what happens to people who turn up without masks.

She speaks to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

7:46 AM.A doctor in Tokoroa was among the two positive Covid-19 cases confirmed on Sunday, with health officials unable to pin down exactly how the transmission happened.

The Royal New Zealand College of GPs… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Angry staff at Victoria University are hoping to see the end of a controversial restructuring proposal at a university council meeting this morning.

The vice-chancellor Grant Guilford has told RNZ he… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Reports in France say the French tennis player Benoit Paire has been withdrawn from this week's US Open after testing positive for Covid-19. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Has Alert Level 2.5 come in time to save embattled Auckland businesses?

While premises in Auckland will be largely operating under the same rules as the rest of the country, that's off the back of… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.Auckland has joined the rest of New Zealand in level 2 - albeit with a handful of extra restrictions.

Given the new cases of the virus that continue to turn up in the community, it's a choice that's… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Auckland is officially at Alert Level 2, or Alert Level 2.5 as some people are calling it.

The city is reopening, but there are still strict social distancing requirements and members of the public… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Mask are now mandatory on buses and trains around the country.

RNZ reporter Phil Pennington is commuting into Wellington by train.

He speaks to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Masks are now mandatory on public transport.

RNZ reporter Eva Corlett has been riding the bus in Wellington.

She speaks to Susie Ferguson. Read more Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:37 AM.The fire raging through pine and scrub by Lake Pukaki, near Mount Cook, has spread overnight.

Fire and Emergency believes the fire started when a hunter knocked over a camp stove. The hunter received… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Auckland's return to Alert Level 2 today means schools can open their gates for the first time in weeks.

With Covid-19 still in the community, some parents are questioning whether their children… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.The 2020 World of Wearable Art show was cancelled due to Covid-19 but will instead be held as an exhibition in Wellington.

From abandoned tents transformed into avant-garde works of art, to a… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Wellington teenager Liberato Cacace, a rising star of New Zealand football, has completed a childhood dream to play professionally in Europe.

A sizzling season in the A-League has led to a lucrative… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.A pelt of a Tasmanian Tiger that for decades languished in a Wairarapa taxidermy museum is giving the scientific world new insights into the extinct Australian marsupial.

The New Zealand pelt has… Read more Audio