Morning Report for Tuesday 11 May 2021

6:08 AM.A man is expected to appear in court today following the stabbing of four people in a Dunedin supermarket on Monday afternoon.

Three people were taken to hospital in a critical condition and… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.High-profile former prisoner Arthur Taylor was outside in the Countdown in Cumberland St when the attack happened.

He told Checkpoint he was about to walk into the supermarket when police cars and… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.There was a lingering sense of shock among Dunedin shoppers last night following the stabbing attack.

RNZ spoke to people outside another Countdown in Dunedin in Andersons Bay.

One shopper, who did… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:28 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:40 AM.A man who was in the Countdown supermarket in central Dunedin when four people were stabbed yesterday afternoon says it was terrifying.

Three people were taken to hospital in a critical condition and… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Countdown Cumberland Street is closed today after four people were stabbed inside it.

Two employees were hurt in the stabbing, and the attacker was subdued by bystanders.

Reporter Tim Brown is… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.After the indignity of being labelled a 'zombie town' Whanganui is now experiencing a growth spurt that has seen it fall victim to that most metropolitan of scourges - traffic congestion.

One… Read more Audio

6:55 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Dunedin police are full of praise for the Countdown staff and customers who leapt on and restrained a man who was carrying out a knife attack in a central Dunedin supermarket.

Police have called them… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Countdown staff are in shock after a stabbing at a store in Dunedin.

Four people were injured in the attack, including two of the store's staff.

Countdown's General Manager of Corporate Affairs Kiri… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Two countdown staff are still in hospital after a stabbing at a store in Dunedin on Monday.

The man injured four people in the attack and was subdued by bystanders.

Tali Williams is the Retail and… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Three people are still in hospital after a stabbing at Countdown Cumberland St in Dunedin.

Countdown general manager of corporate affairs Kiri Hannifin said the two staff members injured in the… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.The Public Service Association will come face to face with Prime Minister today to hammer home its resistance to the government's three-year pay freeze announcement.

The meeting at Parliament follows… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.The police pushed for an urgent ban on dodgy handbrakes after a runaway truck killed a roadworker, but transport officials took 18 months to do it.

The police say the transport agency Waka Kotahi was… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.There's been a lukewarm response to the government's plan to use empty managed isolation rooms to get more skilled and critical workers into the country.

About 500 spaces made available because of… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.After the indignity of being labelled a 'zombie town' Whanganui is now experiencing a growth spurt that has seen it fall victim to that most metropolitan of scourges -- traffic congestion.

One pinch… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The All Blacks will play an extra test against Fiji in July after Italy officially withdrew from their two tests tour of New Zealand. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.A 42-year-old man has been charged by police following yesterday's stabbing at a Countdown supermarket in central Dunedin.

He is expected to appear in the Dunedin District Court this morning.

Two… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.Many witness have described the knife attack on shoppers and staff at Countdown Cumberland St in Dunedin as terrifying.

One man - who RNZ agreed not to name - told reporter Kate Gregan that the… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Dunedin is in shock after a violent attack at a central city supermarket.

A man stabbed staff and bystanders at Countdown Cumberland St on Monday afternoon.

He has now been charged with attempted… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The Council of Trade Unions is among a swag of organisations to hit out at the government's public sector pay freeze.

After nearly a week of anger from public service unions at the three-year pay… Read more Audio

8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:40 AM.A man who suffered extreme physical and psychological violence while staying at a Social Welfare approved camp on Great Barrier Island in 1998 is now unable to work due to post traumatic stress.

At… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.There has been a lukewarm response to the government's plans to fill empty rooms in MIQ with skilled and critical workers from overseas.

While some industries are set to benefit from the rooms freed… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Staff at Waitomo's Glowworm Caves hope there is light at the end of the tunnel for one of the country's best-known tourist destinations.

The opening of the trans-Tasman bubble three weeks ago has had… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Soaring temperatures around the country are about to plummet.

The country's east coast was hit by a second summer on Monday with some areas reaching almost 30 degrees.

Napier, Waipawa and Masterton… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Government will introduce firearms prohibition orders, preventing certain people from having or being around guns.

These will be imposed by the courts.

Offences that will lead to a firearms… Read more Audio