Morning Report for Tuesday 8 September 2020

6:08 AM.A woman has got a more than $4000 dollar backpayment from Work and Income, after a mistake was made when she was applying for the benefit more than two decades ago.

Liz Laskey lost her job in 1999… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.An elderly woman who was assaulted and robbed in her Levin home described one of the accused attackers as having "pure evil in her eyes".

Grace Virtue died at the age of 90 due to a brain injury… 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

6:38 AM.Under the new government mandatory testing requirements for the border, truck drivers collecting freight from the ports are not required to undergo a Covid-19 test.

As of Monday, port staff deemed… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The Green Party is are happy to see the Labour Party pick up one of its long standing policies of making Matariki a public holiday - but want it to be introduced sooner.

Labour says it would… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.A livestock agent is warning of enormous ramifications for farmers, as live cattle exports remain suspended in the wake of last week's shipping tragedy off Japan.

The Ministry for Primary Industries… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.A $350,000 dollar pot set up to help Tauranga's city councillors end bitter infighting has sparked outrage from residents.

A ratepayers association now wants all of the councillors to be sacked and… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.Thousands of port workers will be exempt from mandatory regular testing under the new government health order aimed at shoring up security at the border.

Only a thousand of the 5000 to 6000 people… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Truckers are finding shock absorbers torn from trailers and steering joints failing more often and blame the worsening state of highways.

By most measures the country's highways are going backwards… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.The Government's top legal adviser believes proposed drug driving laws trample all over the Bill of Rights.

Police would be free to conduct random roadside drug testing similar to what already exists… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Farmers are worried the suspension of live cattle exports could have major ramifications for their industry.

Cattle exports were suspended last week following the capsizing and sinking of the Gulf… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.Disabled Pacific people getting an allowance that's meant to help them with their extra costs are getting less than half that of Pākehā recipients.

Official data dating back 10 years shows persistent… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.A lawyer leading a class action against state-owned insurer Southern Response says the Government could be facing costs of $700 million in quake insurance payments.

The Court of Appeal yesterday… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Brexit's u-turn on some of its withdrawl agreement with the European Union could mean it continues to trader freely with the Irish Republic.

The move could override agreements to prevent a hard… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Parents are struggling to collect their newborn babies born to surrogates overseas amid pandemic lockdowns and border restrictions.

While the Family Court has stepped in to help, there are still… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Labour leader Jacinda Ardern is promising to make Matariki a public holiday if re-elected. 

Ms Ardern made the pledge to mark the start of the Maori New Year while campaigning in Rotorua yesterday. 

8:20 AM.The Maritime Union of New Zealand say regular testing at ports has come too late.

The Union is concerned that the government health order for mandatory regular testing only targets Ports of Auckland… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Christchurch hospital's Clinical Director of Intensive Care is warning no acute care unit for children will put extra pressure on adult intensive care, elective surgery and paediactric staff.

As… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.TV3's news operations are thought to be safe, with confirmation the channel is being sold to US company Discovery. 

MediaWorks has been trying to sell its TV operation since late last year and has… Read more Audio

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

8:43 AM.Twenty prisoners will be working on Northland's railways over the next two years with a goal to get them reintegrated into the community and skilled enough to be offered full time work at the end of… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.A South Taranaki iwi is wrestling with a nice to have problem - how to spend $3 million in government funding.

The money will allow Ngaruahine to fast-track an upgrade of the Dawson Falls Lodge on Mt… Read more Video, Audio

8:55 AM.Rats, possums, stoats and weasels in the capital city are on notice.

Predator Free Wellington has been granted nearly $8 million of government funding and says the cash can fast-track a goal to rid… Read more Audio

8:58 AM.Rats, possums, stoats and weasels in the capital city are on notice.

Predator Free Wellington has been granted nearly $8 million of government funding and says the cash can fast-track a goal to rid… Read more Audio