Morning Report for Monday 14 December 2020

6:04 AM.The Ajax and Netherlands footballer Quincy Promes has reportedly been arrested for stabbing a family member. Read more Audio

6:07 AM.An expert on far right groups says the message left outside a mosque in Christchurch would not meet the definition of hate speech but is still racist.

The words 'Islam is right about women', were… Read more Audio

6:23 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:27 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:38 AM.Rooms have been sitting empty in managed isolation hotels, because people are 'panic-booking' multiple allocation vouchers they don't need.

MBIE says since November up to 16 rooms have been empty… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.Another day, another deadline extension for the Brexit negotiations.

The deadline for the EU and UK to negotiate a deal was due to expire at 1pm NZT on Monday but leaders have now agreed to continue… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.The West Indies will be fighting for survival on day four of the second cricket test against the Black Caps at the Basin Reserve today. Read more Audio

7:08 AM.There's been a major breakthrough towards resolving the standoff over Ihumātao, with an initial deal expected to go to Cabinet on Monday.

It's been well over a year since protesters flocked to the… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Rooms in managed isolation have been sitting empty because New Zealanders desperate to return home have been booking more allocation vouchers than they need.

All 32 border hotels are fully booked… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.The National Party wants to question Parliament's Speaker, before a select committee, over a costly legal dispute.

Labour has, however, already poured cold water over the plan - RNZ understands it… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.People are spending more than 200 days behind bars waiting to be deported because of Covid-19 travel disruption.

Lawyers are calling the situation unconscionable and way beyond what Parliament… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Questions are being raised about a new mobile app which tracks, records and scores how people drive.

The insurance company Tower has launched, GoCarma, which monitors people's driving habits, from… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.A specialist in Far Right groups says police will have a difficult job tracking down the person responsible for scrawling an offensive message outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch.

The message… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Inmates at the country's toughest jail were treated to some christmas cheer this weekend - getting to spend a few hours making Christmas gifts and reading with their children.

The men of Unit 9 at… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.RNZ understands there has been a breakthrough in negotiations over Ihumātao, with an initial deal expected to go to Cabinet today.

More than a year ago an eviction notice was served on protesters… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.The US public will start to receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from Monday after it was authorised for emergency use.

The first three million doses of the vaccine have just started to… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Seamer Trent Boult says the Black Caps four-strong pace attack perform at their best when they feed off each other and he's confident the hosts will today secure a 2-nil test series victory over the… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.There's been a major breakthrough towards resolving the stand off over Ihumātao, with an initial deal expected to go to Cabinet today.

RNZ understands the deal is for Fletcher Building to sell the… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.A quarter of Auckland's five-hundred schools enrolled more students than their official classroom capacity by the middle of the year.

Education Ministry figures show the 130 schools exceeded their… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.A fire ripped through dry hillside on Christchurch's Port Hills over the weekend.

About three-quarters of Fleur Easter's lifestyle block, including a barn, was burnt in the blaze.

She speaks to… Read more Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Anxious rural doctors are worried about coping with the threat of Covid-19 as people flock to small holiday settlements this summer.

Experts say as the virus surges again around many parts of the… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.The West Indies' disastrous cricket tour of New Zealand is nearly over, with the Black Caps poised to complete a test series clean sweep at Wellington's Basin Reserve today.

Unless the tourists mount… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Three large fires in a single weekend have sparked concerns about the country's growing fire risk.

The fires included a large scrub fire in Christchurch's Port Hills, one at Pumpkin Hill in the… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.A trio of codebreakers have managed to crack a coded message written by one of America's most notorious serial killers.

The 340-character message in question was sent to the San Francisco Chronicle… Read more Audio