Morning Report for Thursday 12 November 2020

6:17 AM.Denmark's government has decided to cull all its mink - up to 17 million animals - because of the spread of coronavirus, shocking the nation last week.

That turned into a political outcry, after the… 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.The Reserve Bank is being accused of adding pressure to an already stretched housing market.

It is offering to pump another $28 billion dollars into the economy over the next couple of years through… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Evacuated Napier residents have been returning to calculate the damage to their flood drenched homes.

Hawke's Bay Civil Defence says after assessing 225 homes, 30 have been found not fit to live in.

6:48 AM.The head of the South Island Whānau Ora commissioning agency says expanding the model across all government departments is well overdue. 

Māori social service providers say they're limited in the… Read more Audio

6:52 AM.Wellington City Council has voted to sell and lease its land for the controversial housing development at Shelly Bay.

The development has been bogged down with legal battles for years, with filmmaker… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.The ACT leader David Seymour is accusing the Reserve Bank Governor of being a liability and says his latest announcement harks back to the days of Robert Muldoon.

The Reserve Bank has announced a new… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.With a clean-up in full swing, Napier is struggling to find long-term accommodation for people who can't return to their homes.

Hawke's Bay Civil Defence says after assessing 225 homes, and 30 have… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Painter Freeman White is among those whose home on Napier Hill has been badly damaged.

A landslide crushed a portion of the building while he was on the roof, clearing his gutters.

He's been back to… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The National Party has debuted a new, slimmed-down shadow Cabinet.

The party's leader Judith Collins dished out some surprise promotions to relative unknowns and demotions to some of her most… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The Reserve Bank Governor is coming under attack from Opposition politicians this morning.

ACT leader David Seymour says Adrian Orr is a liability because he's unconventional and a risk-taker.

… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Auckland Council thinks Covid-19 will punch a $1 billion hole in its finances by 2024 - but city dwellers will not find out how it will be paid for until December.

The city's budget had already been… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.A painting that's a tribute to Colin McCahon has been doctored and sold at auction in London as one of the celebrated New Zealand artist's own.

The painting by Dunedin artist John Z Robinson sold in… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The All Blacks will have to replace prop Ofa Tuungafasi for Saturday's test against Argentina in Sydney and the rest of the Tri-Nations. Read more Audio

8:09 AM.More now on the Reserve Bank being accused of adding pressure to an already stretched housing market.

The bank is planning to pump another $28 billion dollars into the economy over the next couple of… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.A clear forecast for the next few days means the clean-up in Napier can now begin in earnest.

It will be cold comfort for the residents of the 30 houses that are too damaged for them to return.

On… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.A $500 million dollar housing development in Wellington's Shelly Bay is a step closer to beginning after seven hours of intense debate at the City Council.

The council owns a key piece of the… Read more Audio

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

8:44 AM.The top District Court judge has announced a fresh approach to the way the country's busiest jurisdiction operates.

'Te Ao Marama' is modelled on the specialist Rangatahi and Alcohol and Drug courts… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Māori social service providers are pushing for government ministries like Corrections to start putting money into Whānau Ora to rehabilitate their people. 

They say they've proved their approach… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Inmates from New Zealand's biggest women's prison say they spent a week handwashing their clothes and towels in a shared bath before hanging the dripping laundry in their cells.

A current prisoner… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.It's been more than a year since the Dunedin City Council announced its intention to buy 42 hectares of Foulden Maar, a fossil-rich diatomite reserve near Middlemarch.

Locals with an interest in the… Read more Audio