Morning Report for Thursday 4 February 2021

8:53 AM.Just five years after its fanfare opening, the luxury department store chain David Jones is closing its flagship Wellington store.

Its Australian-based management confirmed on Wednesday the Lambton… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Property managers are using a private social media page to blacklist tenants.

Hundreds of property managers across the country are signed up to the page where landlords blacklist tenants despite the… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.School students will be made to learn about the early histories of their region as part of a new history curriculum.

To be rolled out next year, the scheme will also see students up to year 10 taught… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Alarm over falling student achievement has prompted calls for a radical overhaul of the school system.

The man who led a big review for the government two years ago, Bali Haque, says the problem is… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Over 500 Australian Open players and staff are in isolation after a Melbourne hotel quarantine worker tested positive for Covid-19.

The man was working at one of three hotels being used to house… Read more Audio

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

8:28 AM.Politicians will make their way on to the Treaty Grounds as part of the Waitangi formalities today. 

It will be a chance for the leaders of political parties to lay down their vision for Maori and… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.A body has been found in the wreckage of a light plane that went missing in Central Otago last night.

The Cessna 172 was flying between Bannockburn and Gore when an emergency beacon was activated… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Hundreds of property managers across the country are signed up to a private social media page where landlords blacklist tenants despite the claims of bad behaviour being unverified and some posts… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.It's hoped every New Zealander can be vaccinated for Covid-19 by the end of the year. MedSafe has now granted provisional approval for Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine.

Director General of Health Dr Ashley… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Cricket Australia has floated the prospect of playing New Zealand as part of their build up to the Ashes series, after pulling out of their tour to South Africa due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more Audio

7:50 AM.After scaling the peaks of the American corporate landscape, the last 12 months have been a mind-bending change for the chief executive of Air New Zealand, Greg Foran.

Foran this week clocked up a… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Crews have been working overnight to patch up a two-metre-deep sinkhole in central Wellington.

Two lanes on Jervois Quay were closed after the sinkhole was discovered, and council workers uncovered a… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.New Zealand Rugby has reportedly been offered nearly $500,000 by a US investment company for a stake in its commercial rights.

Speculation is mounting private equity firm Silver Lake wants up to 15… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The Dunedin City Council has resorted to putting a helicopter in the sky as it scrambles to discover the source of lead poisoning to an East Otago water supply.

Nearly six months after receiving the… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says work is being done on how to ensure border workers will get vaccinated.

New Zealand has approved its first Covid-19 vaccine for use here.

The… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.There's relief - and a few nerves - as workers on the Covid-19 frontline learn they could have a jab by the end of next month.

Medsafe has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine that's already been… Read more Audio

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

6:46 AM.Tauranga leaders have high hopes the newly announced commissioners taking over at the city's council will focus on tackling infrastructure problems as a top priority.

The commissioners were appointed… 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

6:08 AM.Jaws dropped when the latest unemployment figures were released yesterday.

Quarterly data from Statistics New Zealand had joblessness dropping from 5.3 per cent to 4.9 per cent.

That bucked… Read more Audio