Morning Report for Monday 3 May 2021

6:40 AM.A new Covid-19 vaccination super clinic is opening in West Auckland this morning.

The clinic is being opened by the Waitematā District Health Board and Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust.

The clinic was… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.A top level political and business line-up is today examining the New Zealand China relationship, in the post Covid-19 world.

Jacinda Ardern's the first speaker, followed by former Prime Ministers… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Joseph Parker looks set for a rematch with British rival Dereck Chisora after the New Zealand boxer's controversial win in their heavyweight fight.

Parker survived a knock down just seven seconds… Read more Audio

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

7:08 AM.Pharmac is likely to end its blanket provision for kids' cancer drugs.

Until now child paediatric oncology drugs have been provided under a special exception allowing hospitals to give children with… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Ashley Bloomfield expects new restrictions on people flying from Western Australia to New Zealand will only affect a very small number of people.

Three new Covid-19 cases linked to a managed… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.An ageing workforce alongside claims of a toxic work culture has seen the Transport Accident Investigation Commission lose 13 investigative staff in the last five years.

Since 2016, nine accident… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has apologised to the Indian Government over a social media post asking for an oxygen cylinder. 

The High Commission based in New Delhi sent out a now… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care resumes this morning with the focus now on State-run children's homes.

The public hearing will be held in Auckland.

Reporter Andrew McRae will be… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The firing of Customs workers from their roles for refusing the Covid-19 vaccine, has been described as a breach of their rights.

Nine officials have lost their jobs, and the government agency says… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Nine Customs workers have been fired for not getting the Covid-19 vaccine.

The government agency says it has not found roles either within Customs or the wider public service to redeploy them to.

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7:52 AM.Tonga is in shock over the suspicious death of a human rights activist over the weekend.

Poli Kefu was president of an LGBTI rights association and had worked with Tonga's Red Cross.

Correspondent… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Another chapter has been added to New Zealand's long history of success in motorsport.

Kiwi drivers Scott Dixon and Scott McLaughlin finished first and second in the third race of the IndyCar season… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Drug buying agency Pharmac is considering scrapping a special rule that allows hospitals to give children with cancer any medicine their doctor asks for and Pharmac pays the bill.

The change is being… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has apologised to the Indian Government over a social media post asking for an oxygen cylinder.

The High Commission based in New Delhi sent out a now deleted… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Several crash investigators have left the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC), with some blaming a toxic culture and questioning whether the agency is up to the job.

Over the past five… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The Rural GP Network is asking how it's expected to push ahead with the vaccine rollout when most of its doctors have not received their jab.

The group says the government's tiered rollout plan… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.A Māori charitable trust in Queenstown is accusing Bunnings Warehouse of wanting cultural performers on the cheap.

Mana Tāhuna says it was asked to do a dawn karakia and waiata to open a new store… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Motorists down south are in for a surprise on Monday morning, a tractor steadily making its way up State Highway 1 somewhere between Oamaru and Christchurch.

Members of the Thornbury Vintage Tractor… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.A petition in the US to reverse former first lady Melania Trump's changes to the White House's rose garden from is gaining momentum.

The iconic garden was planted by the Kennedy's in 1962, however… Read more Audio