Morning Report for Wednesday 14 April 2021

6:08 AM.Police in Northland say they were acting with the best intentions when unlawfully using road blocks to gather intelligence.

The police watchdog has found the officers illegally detained a woman and… 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

6:42 AM.Auckland DHB say they need hundreds more vaccinators - and fast - if they're to have any hope of meeting their vaccination targets.

Counties Manukau DHB's chief executive Margie Apa, who is working… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.There is broad support for new counter terrorism laws in the wake of the Royal Commission into the Christchurch Mosque attacks.

The legislation introduced to the House focusses on cracking down on… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.In Germany, the trial of eleven suspected members of an extreme far-right terror group has begun today.

'Group S' are accused of plotting deadly attacks on Muslims, asylum-seekers and political… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.Auckland only has half the number of vaccinators it needs for the Covid-19 roll out.

The city's DHBs say they're encountering frustrating roadblocks in getting enough people approved to do the… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Police in Northland freely admit that for years they have been unlawfully using road blocks to gather intelligence.

The police watchdog has found officers illegally detained a woman and breached her… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.The head of a livestock export company says they've had a tip-off from China that the Government is poised to ban live cattle exports.

The government launched a review of the trade nearly two years… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.One of the country's most perplexing cold cases has returned to the public eye after police offered a $100,000 reward for information about the disappearance in 1992 of toddler Amber-Lee Cruickshank.

7:33 AM.The National Party wants to force councils to free up land for development in a bid to get more houses built.

The party's proposal would give the government emergency powers modelled on those used to… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.A $500 million pothole in road funding has been patched over but key projects remain in jeopardy.

Money is especially scarce for State Highway improvements, public transport infrastructure and the… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.Polyfest, the world's largest Pasifika dance festival, returns to the stage today - after two years of cancellations.

Covid-19 saw the event canned altogether last year, and in 2019 the last day of… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.No toilets, topless calendars and comments about your appearance are just some of the things women tradies deal with every day.

They say big changes are needed if the industry wants to attract more… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Devon Conway, Amelia Kerr and Kane Williamson have received multiple honours at the New Zealand Cricket Awards. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Two years after the Christchurch mosque attacks the Government has introduced to Parliament new counter terrorism legislation and along with France is claiming 'significant progress' in removing… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Councils are expressing intense frustration as they fear key roadbuilding projects won't make the cut. The Transport Agency has warned there is 'very limited funding' for the next three years.

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8:24 AM.A new survey is aiming to find out why the number of women in the infrastructure and construction industry is so low, and what can be done to draw more in.

Those already in the jobs say it's getting… Read more Audio

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

8:31 AM.There are high hopes the scenic Taieri Gorge railway line can return to its former glory as a tourist magnet.

The Dunedin City Council voted yesterday to stave off the demise of Dunedin Railways… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.A law expert says the government's first legislative changes in the wake of the Royal Commission into the Christchurch Mosque attacks will have a significant impact.

The Counter-Terrorism Legislation… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.It was an influx of Covid-19 cases from India that led the government to temporarily ban new arrivals from that country, but nearly all of those people transited through Dubai, which remains one of… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Auckland police have evacuated residents from an area of Murray's Bay on the city's North Shore, after finding a "suspicious item" while executing a search warrant.

They have set up a cordon on… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.There's been a second night of unrest on the streets of Minneapolis, where riot police confronted crowds of protesters angered by the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright.

Black Lives Matter protests have… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Kane Williamson scooped the big prize - The Sir Richard Hadlee Medal - at the New Zealand Cricket awards in Auckland on Tuesday night.

It's the fourth time in six years the Black Caps skipper has… Read more Audio