Morning Report for Wednesday 3 March 2021

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.A technology expert believes the long-awaited Bluetooth Covid Card as it was originally envisioned is likely dead in the water.

The Government first ordered trials of the bluetooth tracing technology… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Franz Josef and Fox Glacier communities have been given the blunt message the government can't save every business that's struggling during the pandemic.

Tourism Minister Stuart Nash visited the… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.Mathematical blip or the beginning of the end of our house price crisis?

The latest figures released this morning by property data analysis company CoreLogic show month-on-month property values in… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Victims of bullying in the police are calling for the Police Commissioner to get rid of those to blame for toxic culture where bullying is rife.

A report by the Independent Police Conduct Authority… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Victims of bullying in the police are calling for the Police Commissioner to get rid of those to blame for toxic culture where bullying is rife.

A report by the Independent Police Conduct Authority… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.The government has been quietly investigating if returning New Zealanders and border workers could use a phone app that can detect Covid-19 before symptoms set in.

Made in Auckland and dubbed 'the… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says technology is being considered by the government, but the Covid Card project has effectively been deemed a failure.

A trial of the card took place in… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.The National Party is urging the government to pay 100 per cent of an employee's wages and salary for two weeks if a person is ordered to self-isolate.

The party says its proposed payment scheme… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.As Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was putting Auckland into a snap lockdown on Saturday night, Destiny Church leaders Brian and Hannah Tamaki were packing their bags.

The couple left the city for… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The Principals Federation has called for its members to defy a directive that forces them to enrol students kicked out of other schools for violence.

Federation boss Perry Rush says schools aren't… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Franz Josef and Fox Glacier communities have been given the blunt message the government can't save every business that's struggling during the pandemic.

A week ago, the two communities sent Tourism… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.French media are reporting that this year's Women's Rugby World Cup will be delayed until 2022. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The police are using drones that some federal authorities have banned in the United States over fears of Chinese spying.

The world's leading drone maker DJI supplies all New Zealand police's drones.

8:15 AM.The Police Commissioner is rejecting calls to sack the ringleaders responsible for the toxic culture of bullying in the police force.

A review by the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Close, close plus, casual, casual plus - it has to be said the different categories for tracing people who might have been exposed to Covid-19 can all blur into one at times.

So spare a thought for… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Students are calling on the government to re-invent their Covid-19 health messages for a younger audience.

Despite the most recent Covid-19 cluster being centred around a school, some students have… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.A top chef is giving out advice on how to safely use a kitchen knife following a recent supermarket promotion which saw millions of blades given out to customers.

Stories abound of a rise in kitchen… Read more Audio

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

8:40 AM.Dairy prices continue to shoot up, reaching a seven year high in the latest global auction overnight.

The price for wholemilk powder rose 15 percent to US$4231 a tonne.

Analysts had tipped a small… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The government's independent review of drug funding agency Pharmac will achieve little if the purse strings aren't opened.

That's the view of medical advocates who have long described New Zealand's… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Finalists for the country's top book prizes are out this morning.

Sixteen works have made it on to the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalist list for fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction and… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The owner and founder of Pic's Peanut Butter - Pic Picot - wasn't about to let the Covid-related cancellation of a "design thinking" conference in New Plymouth, stop him from getting out and talking… Read more Audio

8:58 AM.Sharks that glow in the dark of the ocean have been seen for the first time off the coast of New Zealand.

Belgian scientists were able to document three species of luminous deepwater shark while on a… Read more Audio