Morning Report for Wednesday 23 June 2021

6:15 AM.Play has just ended on the fifth day of the World cricket Test Championship final between the Black Caps and India in Southampton.

With one day to play, India are at the crease and have a 32 run… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.The National Party has labelled the government's slow roll-out of mental health funding as another failure to deliver.

The Health Minister Andrew Little revealed on Checkpoint last night that just… Read more Audio

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

6:21 AM.At least one person who later tested positive for Covid-19 travelled to Wellington from Sydney last weekend.

Late last night New South Wales Health issued an alert identifying passengers on two… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.For the first time, an active NFL player has come out as gay.

Las Vegas Raiders player Carl Nasib made the announcement in an Instagram post.

Sports organisations and LGBTQ-plus groups around the… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.An Australian traveller from Sydney, who visited Wellington from Saturday 19 June until Monday 21 June, has tested positive for COVID-19 upon their return to Australia.

Late on Tuesday night, New… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.There's frustation on all sides of the mental health debate over the lack of action on the roll out of the governments $1.9 billion investment strategy.

After a showdown in Parliament yesterday the… Read more Audio

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

7:10 AM.Quarantine-free travel from New South Wales to New Zealand was paused at midnight last night and will be in place for at least 72 hours.

That followed the announcement of 10 new cases on Tuesday… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.A positive case of Covid-19 travelled to Wellington from Sydney last weekend.

Any passengers on two flights between Sydney and Wellington are being asked to isolate immediately and call healthline… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Ashley Bloomfield says lockdown is an option in Wellington after a person who travelled there from Australia tested positive for Covid-19.

The traveller from Sydney, visited Wellington last weekend… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Southerners feel like they're paying the price for the Government's $800 million Northern Pathway project.

Councils around the country are having to cut back on planned spending after $420 million of… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.You've probably heard of illicit hooch being brewed up in prisons but what about unlawful yoghurt?

From secretive beginnings in a cell in Rangipo Prison, two inmates got so good at making the dairy… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Some people with epilepsy will have to switch to a new medication after the current sole-supplier quits the New Zealand market later this year.

Drug-buyer Pharmac has reached an agreement with a new… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Wellington is on high-alert after a traveller from Sydney, who visited the captial at the weekend, tested positive for Covid-19 on their return to Australia.

Late last night, New South Wales Health… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.The New South Wales health authority has advised that at least one person who later tested positive for Covid-19 travelled to Wellington from Sydney last weekend.

Passengers on two flights between… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Major electricity users are warning that continued massive power price rises will lead to job losses and business closures.

The price businesses pay for electricity has risen substantially in the… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:35 AM.It's five weeks since the ransomware attack on the Waikato DHB crippled its systems and forced a massive overhaul of its operations.

While services have gradually resumed, some IT systems are still… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.A Northland-based Iwi is furious it wasn't consulted when the government formulated its Hauraki Gulf revitalisation plan - saying it's the second time in two years its Te Tiriti o Waitangi rights have… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.A psychiatrist who worked in New Zealand in the 1970s says many people employed at psychiatric hospitals back then often had no relevant qualifications.

David Baron's given evidence to the inquiry… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.A Ngāti Hine kaumātua says changes to tikanga allowing wāhine to speak at Waitangi won't be for the sake of Judith Collins. 

The National Party leader has vowed not to return to commemorations if she… Read more Audio