Morning Report for Tuesday 22 September 2020

6:06 AM.Men's world number one Novak Djokovic has claimed his his fifth Italian Tennis Open title, defeating Argentinian Diego Schwartzman 7-5 6-3 in Rome. Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Farmers are worried that legalising cannabis could mean workers turn up not in fit state to operate heavy machinery.

The agriculture sector already has one of the highest workplace accident and death… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.A Syrian man who has spent the last six years in Australian detention centres since his visa was cancelled is free after a landmark legal ruling by the Federal Court.

It's believed to be the first… 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

7:06 AM.Men's tennis World No.1 Novak Djokovic has won the Rome Masters, 15 days after being kicked out of the US Open for hitting a linesperson with a ball. Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Workers who'll come face to face with Aucklanders in the school holidays are being singled out in the Ministry of Health's latest Covid-19 testing plan.

It's recommending testing for hospitality… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.A public health expert is concerned New Zealand has relaxed restrictions back to Alert Level 1 for most of the country.

Auckland remains at Level 2, but the remainder of the country returns to the… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Auckland's stricken Harbour Bridge is fuelling demand for a new crossing.

The country's transport agency has now finished writing a report spelling out the business case for another crossing over… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Auckland commuters will likely face another day of heavy traffic over the harbour bridge.

Four of the bridge's eight lanes are closed and may be for weeks, after a truck hit by a gust of wind on… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Alert Level delay for Auckland is down to the fact Cabinet had to decide whether to allow gatherings of up to 50 or 100 during Alert Level 2.

She announced on… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.An $8 million hunt is on for a deadly mineral beneath Auckland which could complicate any proposal to build a tunnel under the Waitematā Harbour.

The Transport Agency has just finished a business… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.The Greens, The Opportunities and Maori Parties all want to break the political deadlock - and decades of inaction - over who owns freshwater.

It's the political hot potato which neither Labour or… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.The United States has recorded over 200,000 deaths from Covid-19, and some are calling it a national failure.

President Donald Trump, however, says he's done a 'phenomenal job'.

Washington… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.If you are feeling like 2020 will never end, what till you hear what could happen to New Years.

If Covid-19 reappears in the community, and Alert Levels rise again, festival organisers reliant on a… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Music was the constant companion as memories were shared and tears shed as Mawhitiwhiti Kanihi pa was farewelled at the weekend in a style befitting one of Taranaki's most heralded dance floors.

A… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.More than a year after being diagnosed with depression the New Zealand mountainbiker Sam Gaze returns to international competition next week with a smile on his face. Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Alert Level 1 is now in full force for most of the country, so things can return to the 'new normal'.

With school holidays on the horizon, Auckland families will be looking to hit the road and get… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.A new survey has found that housing is more of a concern to New Zealanders than the threat of unemployment.

The Ipsos New Zealand Issues Monitor surveyed 1000 New Zealanders to find out what worries… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.A man who was abused as a child while in a boys home has pleaded with the Royal Commission Inquiry into abuse in state care to make sure future generations aren't allowed to suffer as he and many… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.A woman has been arrested at the US-Canada border on suspicion of sending a package containing the poison ricin to President Trump.

The letter was intercepted last week before it could reach the… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.The second Bledisloe Cup match which is due to be played in Auckland next month could be moved to Dunedin if Auckland remains at Level 2.

But with the rest of the country moving to Level 1 it means… Read more Audio

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

8:36 AM.Victoria's rates of Covid-19 continue to plummet.

The Australian state recorded 11 new cases and two deaths on Monday and are on an eleven day streak of less than 50 new infections.

Those results… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Employers are being accused of taking advantage of badly worded wage subsidy rules and not paying workers what they are due.

Businesses getting the subsidy must make their best endeavours to pay… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Thousands of leaked documents obtained by journalists allegedly reveal banks were used by criminals to move dirty money around the globe.

Information on more than $2 trillion dollars worth of… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Figures released to RNZ show the problem of assault within the army is common across the battalions.

On Monday RNZ reported a soldier sentenced to military detention for multiple assault charges is… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.As most of New Zealand moves to Alert level 1, Wellingtonians get another chance to see the art of Van Gogh on a spectacular scale.

The Van Gogh Alive Experience on the Wellington Waterfront sold out… Read more Audio