Morning Report for Thursday 10 September 2020

6:12 AM.Schools are starting to consider laying off extra teachers they have been paying for with fees from foreign students.

They and polytechnics, universities and private institutions are turning their… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.New Zealand cyclist Sam Bewley is unsure if the mental or physical pain is worse after crashing out of his debut Tour de France.

Bewley fractured his wrist in a mass crash 100-kilometres into… Read more Audio

8:59 AM.When he spoke to us in August, Romeo Dowling-Mitchell of the Hungry Hobos restaurant in Dunedin told us he could whip up a pretty good toasted sandwich.

Now he's officially the best in the country… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.The tourism industry is rejecting a call from the coroner for rental car companies to carry out more stringent checks of overseas drivers.

The coroner investigating the 2017 deaths of Jesse and… 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.A Pacific leader says misinformation about Covid-19 is widespread amongst conservative church goers in New Zealand with strong links to the US.

It follows comments from the Health Minister that some… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The National Party says Labour's promise to add a new top tax rate isn't the right move.

Labour released its tax policy yesterday, and says it will raise the rate to 39 percent for every dollar… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.New Zealand churches with links to the US are being blamed for spreading lies about Covid-19.

The Health Minister has said that some of the 43 people linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.A Pacific health leader says the pacific community remains anxious about the present COVID-19 cluster.

Chief Executive of Pacifika Futures and the Pacfika Medical Association, Debbie Sorenson says… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.The principal of St Dominic's Catholic College is strongly urging people not to lay blame on those who are sick after a student at the school tested positive for Covid-19.

The Ministry of Health has… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.A loosening of New Zealand's border has been welcomed by business advocates.

Yesterday the Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi announced, from next month, those who can demonstrate a strong and ongoing… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.One of the country's most expensive stretches of new highway just got more costly - and further delayed - by buried pumice that engineers failed to spot.

The two kilometre stretch of the Bayfair to… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Hundreds of teaching jobs are at risk as schools, polytechnics and universities start budgeting for 2021 without millions of dollars in foreign student fees.

Education leaders say cuts are inevitable… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.More than 2500 people have signed an open letter calling for the University of Waikato to eliminate structural racism and protect the jobs and careers of the academics who raised the issue publicly.

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7:44 AM.Labour has announced it will introduce a new tax bracket of 39 percent on income over $180,000 if it returns to power after next month's election.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson expects this would… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins are dominating the daily headlines, but there are plenty of others out there with their eye on Parliament.

We're calling them "The Outliers" - the small parties also… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.From Monday gatherings of more than six people will be banned in the United Kingdom.

The UK government is vowing to enforce the new regulations thoroughly, as well as step up their act on its… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis is coming under renewed pressure.

Trump knew just how dire Covid-19 would be back in February - even though his public messages portrayed the… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.The Labour Party's plan to make high earners pay more tax has been panned by people of all income levels and political persuasions.

It wants to make the top 2 percent of earners pay 39 cents back for… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Grant Robertson is defending the Labour Party's new tax policy after some criticised it as not going far enough.

39 percent for earnings over $180,000, which would affect 2 percent of New Zealanders.

8:28 AM.Nearly 500 people associated with the Mt Roskill church cluster - and all their close contacts - have been asked to get retested for Covid-19 as the Auckland cluster grows.

The Mount Roskill… Read more Audio

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

8:42 AM.It's taken a global pandemic to reverse the fortunes of an ailing West Coast.

House sales are on the rise, New Zealanders are flocking there on holiday and the call is out for shovel-ready workers.

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8:46 AM.The police bugged cellphones belonging to members and associates of the Comancheros gang, listening live to calls for nearly a year before raiding the bikies in a major bust.

Five people, including… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Immigration New Zealand has relaxed border regulations for resident visa holders who are stuck overseas.

There was also good news for some New Zealanders who have partners stranded offshore that have… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.New Zealand is about to welcome home one of the country's most impressive up-and-coming young cyclists.

Twenty-two-year-old Olivia Ray is returning to Auckland after three years in the United States.