Morning Report for Friday 25 September 2020

8:55 AM.Doctors in Hawke's Bay are at breaking point over their overcrowded hospital.

Hawke's Bay Hospital in Hastings is struggling to cope with too many patients and some doctors say it's the busiest… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Jo Moir, who has been on the road with ACT this week, and Katie Scotcher who's been with National, speak with Jane Patterson about what has been happening with the election campaign. Audio

8:42 AM.Grant Robertson and Paul Goldsmith have just gone head to head in a debate on finance.

Who got the most hits?

For analysis of the finance debate, RNZ political editor Jane Patterson speaks to Corin… Read more Audio

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

8:10 AM.Recovery and rebuild are the themes of all major political parties in this election campaign.

In responding to Covid-19, governments worldwide have borrowed huge amounts of money at cheap rates.

In… Read more Video, Audio

8:06 AM.The New Zealand Rugby Players association boss says the Rugby Championship may not go ahead. Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Property analysts are predicting New Zealand's beach towns will soon become 'zoom towns' as remote working and cheaper property prices attract city workers out to the coast.

Earlier this month real… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.This weekend fans will be back on the side lines as the Taranaki Bulls defend the Ranfurly Shield against Otago.

In the first live sports event since much of the country moved to Level 1, up to 2500… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Severe gales and heavy rain will affect much of the country this weekend and there could be a fresh dusting of snow for some of the ski fields in the North and South Islands.

MetService is describing… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.An emergency housing charity in the Far North says whanau are being forced to stay up to a year because there's nowhere for them to go.

The social housing waitlist is ballooning in the region… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.A woman who was subjected to extreme cruelty while a teenager at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital says the Crown has protected her torturer for decades.

Leonie McInroe says she will never have closure… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.United States president Donald Trump has refused to guarantee a peaceful transfer of power if he loses to Joe Biden in November's presidential election.

Trump has indicated he won't concede defeat if… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The tran-Tasman row over the Rugby Championship is escalating.

SANZAAR have hit back at NZ Rugby over scheduling frustrations that mean All Blacks competing in the Rugby Championship will miss… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.The Government is being warned it may have to stop New Zealanders returning home from countries with a high risk of Covid-19 like India.

Modeller and economist Rodney Jones says so far this country… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Parts of the country which have been Covid-19 free for many months are now waiting to see if they will have new cases as a result of the latest cluster.

Three family members who tested positive for… Read more Audio

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

6:47 AM.A former Australian rugby player says the New Zealand government needs to bend the rules to allow the All Blacks home for Christmas with their families.

SANZAAR have announced the Rugby Championship… Read more Audio

6:38 AM.Health workers are scrambling to respond to three new cases of Covid-19 in the community, with 31 close contacts also involved.

Two of the family of three left managed isolation in Christchurch and… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:17 AM.An emergency housing charity in the Far North says whanau are being forced to stay up to a year because there's nowhere for them to go.

The social housing waitlist is ballooning in the region… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.Agriculture has found itself in a policy tug-of-war between National and Labour this election.

National's Judith Collins wants to dismantle environmental reforms, claiming they act as a drag on farm… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.Parts of the country which have been Covid-19 free for many months are now waiting to see if they will have new cases as a result of the latest cluster.

Three family members who tested positive for… Read more Audio