Morning Report for Thursday 22 October 2020

6:16 AM.Unknown vandals have purposefully and methodically damaged a large number of historical relics at three German museums.

More than 70 artefacts including Egyptian sarcophagi, nineteenth century… 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

6:37 AM.Aucklanders who were at a packed North Shore pub on Friday night are being told to stay home, and get a Covid-19 test as soon as possible.

It has emerged that a person who's one of the two new… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Letting 250 international PhD and postgraduate back into the country has been welcomed as an important first step by the cash hungry education sector.

Universities admit they still don't know how… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.New Zealand's reputation for high standard produce helps it export more dairy, lamb and venison than any other country.

Some in the food industry say much of what we eat at home isn't always local… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.A leading pain specialist says a huge group of New Zealanders are having their lives crippled because chronic pain services are being starved, and aren't provided at every DHB.

Any pain lasting… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.Aucklanders who were at a packed North Shore pub on Friday night are being told to stay home, and get a Covid-19 test as soon as possible.

It has emerged that a person who's one of the two new… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Hundreds of Aucklanders who were at a packed North Shore pub on Friday night are being told to stay home, and get a Covid-19 test as soon as possible.

Health officials are urging anyone who was at… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Hundreds of Russian fishing crew at a Covid-19 isolation hotel in Christchurch are said to be in good spirits and those who have the virus are doing well.

Eighteen of the 237 foreign workers at the… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Health Minister Chris Hipkins says the next planeload of fishing crews - which was due to arrive on the second of November - will now need to be delayed.

Eighteen passengers from the first load of… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Revelations that Wellington's nightlife district is the most violent in the country has come as no surprise to many locals.

New analysis of police crime stats shows the Courtenay Place Cuba Street… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Hundreds of Aucklanders who were at a packed North Shore pub on Friday night are being told to stay home, and get a Covid test as soon as possible.

A person who's one of the two new community cases… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Saturday's historic election result took many people by surprise - including the pollsters.

While the final 1 News Colmar Brunton and Newshub Reid Research polls predicted a Labour victory - with 46… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.With the New Zealand election largely put to bed, we can turn our attention to to the fast-approaching US presidential contest. It's now less than two weeks until the election day on 3 November.

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7:56 AM.Officials are launching a new campaign to stop the fatalities on one of the country's most lethal highways.

Eight people have died on the Napier-Taupo Rd since December last year, including… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Silver Ferns captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio concedes she's having to manage her achilles niggle as the team gets back on court for the first time in 10 months. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Patrons who were at a packed North Shore pub on Friday night are being told to stay home, and get a Covid-19 test as soon as possible.

It's in response to a person who is one of two new community… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Aucklanders who were at a packed pub on Auckland's North Shore on Friday night are being told to stay home, and get a Covid-19 test as soon as possible.

It has emerged that an infectious person… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Briefings to the Government say a key department had not identified critical services or tested staff ability to work from home as Covid-19 caused havoc earlier this year.

The briefings also say… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The National Urban Māori Authority is calling for a 'Mokopuna Authority' to replace Oranga Tamariki.

They say the government needs to relinquish power and allow Māori to do what it knows works for… Read more Audio

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

8:30 AM.A retired US Diplomat says North Korea has a long history of exploiting humanitarian aid.

Earlier this week members of the New Zealand-DPRK Friendship Society had their homes raided by police after… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.An Auckland woman is desperately worried that she and others who rely on hormone replacement therapy will soon be without supply.

She has been told to cut the patches she uses in half but she's… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Wellington Rape Crisis says no particular scene or culture has issues with assault, it's a country wide problem.

New data shows assaults are ten times more likely to occur in central Wellington than… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Wilson Parking has agreed to sell the leases of three of its Wellington carparks after legal proceedings were filed by the Commerce Commission.

The Commission went to the High Court in 2018 with a… Read more Audio

8:58 AM.For the first time, bakers are facing off for the title of the country's best sausage roll.

A spinoff from the huge Bakels Pie competition which has run for 23 years, this year the humble snag roll… Read more Audio