Morning Report for Thursday 11 March 2021

6:06 AM.Devon Conway, Will Young and Daryl Mitchell are set to make their one day cricket debuts for the Black Caps after being picked for the three-game series against Bangladesh, starting in Dunedin on… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.The Health Minister says it wasn't cynical of the government to release a critical assessment of its progress addressing the mental health system in the midst of Friday's tsunami and Covid-19 chaos.

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6:14 AM.The Māori Party is reluctant to tell Māori to get the covid-19 injection, saying it's ultimately up to them.  

The vaccine framework announced yesterday includes prioritising Māori and Pasifika… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.A row has broken out between Britain and the EU after top European officials claimed the UK had imposed what they called an outright ban on the export of Covid-19 vaccines.

European Council President… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Audio

6:25 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:38 AM.Family doctors are backing the Government's Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan, but say more details are needed and they must be involved.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins on Wednesday unveiled a… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.The National Party's calling for a law change so New Zealanders are better protected from terror suspects returning from overseas.

The likely arrival of 25-year Suhayra Aden - who is currently in… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Half the country's universities are reporting a big jump in enrolments from local New Zealanders.

Canterbury, Victoria, Lincoln and Otago universities are all starting the year with more students… Read more Audio

6:54 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Batsman Devon Conway has replaced the injured Kane Williamson in the Black Caps one-day squad for the three match series against Bangladesh starting in Dunedin on Saturday week. Audio

7:09 AM.Hundreds of Otago residents from Waikouaiti, Karitane and Hawksbury Village packed into a public meeting on Wednesday night only to be told it will be months before they'll be able to drink water from… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.The government has turned down calls for people in South Auckland to be vaccinated before people in the rest of the country.

South Aucklanders over 65 and those with underlying health conditions will… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.A public health expert says the Government should be giving the Covid-19 vaccine to all adults in South Auckland sooner than it's planning to do.

Otago Univeristy professor of public health Nick… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.There are growing suspicions that facial recognition technology is being used on police photographs of innocent young people.

Earlier this week, RNZ revealed police are approaching innocent young… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Honours are even after day one of America's Cup racing.

Team New Zealand and the challenger Luna Rossa each won one race yesterday.

The first to seven wins the Auld Mug.

Felicity Reid reports. Read more Audio

7:28 AM.It's one all after the first day of America's Cup racing.

Team New Zealand won the first race with a 31 second lead, but Luna Rossa came first in the second race after dominating in the starting box.

7:38 AM.The government will be asked to foot the bill as universities report big increases in New Zealand students enrolling.

So far four universities, Canterbury, Victoria, Lincoln and Otago, have revealed… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.The government's defending the law governing returning terror suspects as tough enough, even though it gives law enforcement no power to detain someone at the border.

The likely arrival of 25-year… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has lodged a formal complaint to ITV over British TV host Piers Morgan's comments about her mental health.

Morgan said he didn't believe a word Meghan said in her… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The Scenic Hotel Group has announced it will mothball four of its hotels in Fox Glacier and Franz Josef at the end of the season in May and they'll stay shut for up to a year and a half.

Scenic… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Alistair Campbell is Tony Blair's former spin doctor and advised the Queen in the aftermath of Princess Diana's death.

He is also a mental health campaigner after opening up about his own struggle… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.The Māori Party says it's reluctant to tell Māori to get the Covid-19 injection, saying it's ultimately up to them.  

The vaccine framework announced yesterday includes prioritising Māori and… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.The Government has announced its plan for vaccinating the population, with the hope most of the adults in NZ will have had their jabs by December this year.

It's leaving politicians working out how… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Hundreds of Otago residents in Waikouaiti, Karitane and Hawksbury Village have been told it'll be months before they'll be able to drink tap water again and they may never know what caused the lead… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Otago residents from Waikouaiti, Karitane and Hawksbury Village attended a community meeting on Wednesday to be told it will be months before they'll be able to drink tap water again and they may… Read more Audio

8:33 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Honours are even after a captivating start to the America's Cup final between defenders Team New Zealand and challengers Luna Rossa.

Early indications were that the Auld Mug would be staying put in… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.The decision by New Zealand Oil and Gas to give up its last offshore exploration permit for the Kaipatiki prospect southeast of Stewart Island, is being described as the last nail in the coffin for… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.The government is being warned if it sticks to the status quo it will fail to improve the mental health system.

A critical report has assessed how much progress has been made implementing the… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Two University of Otago PhD genetics students have learned the sometimes-painful skill of wasp nest removal - all in the name of research aimed at eradicating the pest.

Josh Gilligan and Gemma… Read more Audio