Morning Report for Thursday 10 December 2020

6:19 AM.A property website that allows real estate agents to change so-called "market estimates" is defending the practice, saying it's about ensuring buyers have the most information possible.

The chief… 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

6:38 AM.While a report on the police response to the mosque shootings says they did an exemplary job, some of the victims disagree.

Rosemary Omar, who lost her son, Tariq Rashid Omar, is full of praise for… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.Two more people involved with the Comancheros motorcycle gang have been sentenced after a failed million dollar drug deal and a money laundering scheme.

A major raid on the gang in April last year -… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Yesterday, one year after the Whakaari tragedy, victims' families, survivors and rescue workers gathered for a commemorative ceremony in Whakatane.

At 2.11, the exact moment the volcano erupted… Read more Audio

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

6:57 AM.Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is heading to Brussels in a last ditch attempt to make a deal with the European Union.

He will meet with Head of the European Commission Ursula Von De Leyen to… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Get your smart phone out, Covid-19 contact tracing is about to get even easier, with a new Bluetooth upgrade optional from Thursday.

The upgrade will create an anonymised record of all the people… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.A report into the police response to the mosque shootings says they did an exemplary job, but some victims don't agree.

The review, undertaken by an independent panel, looked at the police… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.An Australian counter-terrorism specialist says bosses of NZ's national security services should lose their jobs over the mosque attacks.

Joe Siracusa who is a professor of Human Security at Curtin… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Convoys of trucks will start delivering containers with Christmas cargo to Auckland from Whangarei from tomorrow morning.

Almost 1200 containers have been unloaded at Northport because of the delays… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.The Human Rights Commission is telling prisons, young people's residences and health and disability units, to stop using seclusion and restraint - or at the very least to cut down on the practice.

A… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.Parliament has now wrapped up for what feels like the longest year.

In their final speeches of 2020 politicians were more sombre than usual.

But some couldn't completely resist a few jokes and… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Real estate agents are accused of adding fuel to the red-hot property market by manipulating so-called "estimated prices" on websites.

Consumer advocates say it's a case of buyer beware and urge… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.The ANZ bank is predicting a double-digit rebound in GDP numbers out next week.

The bank says the economy has been surprisingly resilient, helped by success in containing Covid-19, and it expects GDP… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.An expert in far-right extremism says any new counter-terrorism agency would have to be well funded to make a difference.

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch attacks found no… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.The US Supreme Court has rejected an election lawsuit made by President Trump's legal team to overturn Joe Biden's win in Pennsylvania.

The denial is a blow to Donald Trump as his window of… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The lawyer leading an action against rugby's authorities has warned the sport faces a dementia "epidemic" among retired professionals without serious reform of the game. Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Oxfam says nine out of ten people in the poorest countries will miss out on a Covid-19 vaccination next year because richer countries are getting the majority of vaccines produced.

Canada is one of… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.Oxfam says nine out of 10 people in the poorest countries will miss out on a Covid-19 vaccination next year.

But in high-income countries like New Zealand, governments have bought enough doses to… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.New research says seclusion and restraint are used too often, for too long, and frequently without a clear reason by prisons.

Women in prison are segregated at a far higher rate than men, and Māori… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Eight former professional rugby players with early onset dementia are preparing a landmark case against World Rugby for what they call a failure to protect top players from the risks caused by… Read more Audio

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

8:37 AM.The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch mosque attacks revealed that the gunman who murdered 51 people had been able to buy 10 guns within a year.

He had six of them with him on the day… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Students expecting to attend the now-cancelled graduation from the University of Otago are having to celebrate in other ways instead.

Both ceremonies were called off yesterday due to a security… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.A campaign encouraging businesses to let people with bowel disease use their toilets in an emergency has kicked off.

The 'I can't wait!' campaign - started by a teenager - encourages firms to attach… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.People who live near a smelly compost plant in Christchurch are elated the City Council is finally taking action to fix the problem.

The Council owned Living Earth compost site in Bromley produces a… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.A business banned for almost two years from running tours on Hawke's Bay's Cape Kidnappers is starting up again on Friday morning.

Gannet Beach Adventures were told to stop operating their tractor… Read more Audio