Morning Report for Tuesday 13 July 2021

6:13 AM.A New Zealander overseas has helped get 20 MIQ bookings for expats desperate to get home to New Zealand, who cannot do it themselves because it's so time-consuming and full of luck.

RNZ has heard… 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

6:35 AM.A stranded pregnant woman in New South Wales has been told - despite her circumstances - she is not high enough priority to skip the queue to get on a flight home.

Carol Taupau is 26 weeks pregnant… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.A huge increase in the amount of snapper that can be caught commercially off the west coast of the North Island, could do long term harm.

That from a recreational fishing group in response to a… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.Flights from New South Wales will begin today, with travellers heading into managed isolation upon arrival.  

People with existing bookings who have been waiting the longest are getting priority… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is backing the call to allow New Zealanders stuck in New South Wales to come home without having to pay for managed isolation and quarantine.

Currently anyone who needs… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.The maritime industry has come out swinging at the country's transport accident investigator, saying it no longer serves its purpose and the Government isn't getting value for money. The Marine… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Clinical psychologists are turning away as many as 60 clients a month because they have no space to see them.

They say it is heartbreaking and they worry about what is happening to those they can't… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.An Air Force Hercules has carried out a high-risk mission to evacuate an injured person from Antarctica.

The Hercules headed to McMurdo Station late Sunday night and arrived back in Christchurch… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Working for free, one man is plugging away at his computer for 16 hours a day just to help people secure an MIQ hotel room.

He's offering his tech skills at no cost because he says the booking system… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Unite Union says the wages of fast food managers have plummeted over the past 20 years.

In 2003 the average rate was around $12.60 an hour - or 33 percent above the minimum wage.

However, by 2021… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.England has moved to the final stage of easing Covid-19 restrictions on 19 July.

While the nation is still seeing a rise in cases - and more to come - almost all legal restrictions on social contact… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.A proposal to open the doors to widespread harvesting of snapper off the west coast of the North Island, for the first time in 16 years, has been slammed by recreational fishers.

They argue a huge… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A baby orca has found itself at the centre of a rescue attempt north of Wellington.

The young male orca, which is about six months old, has been separated from his pod since Sunday and the search is… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The New Zealand men's football team beat Australa 2-nil in Japan overnight in their first and only warm-up game before the Tokyo Olympics. Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Employers of the 1800 border workers who must be vaccinated are being told they will have to tread carefully if staff refuse to have the Covid-19 injections.

A new government health order covers… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.The National Party says it is leaning in favour of charging managed isolation fees for stranded New Zealanders returning from Australia.

National's Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop, told Morning… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.The Marine Transport Association is accusing the Transport Accident Investigation Commission of sleeping on the job.

The Association, which represents passenger services and charter operators, says… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Italians have been celebrating their first European football Championship win in more than 50 years, with street parades and parties taking place across the country.

The team was welcomed home as… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.After England's loss to Italy yesterday, three Black English footballers have been on the recieving end of racist abuse - sparking widespread condemnation from both within the sport and the wider… Read more Audio

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

8:36 AM.Clinical psychologists are calling for more training places to be made available urgently to try to keep up with huge demand.

Psychologists are turning away as many as 60 clients a month because they… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Training is being escalated for a new class of Covid-19 vaccinator it's hoped will both bolster numbers and reach more communties.

Non-medical health workers, social workers and support workers are… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The crater lake on Mount Ruapehu is heating up.

The lake - Te Wai a-moe - typically goes through heating cycles, and GNS measurements show that early this month the temperature started building.

GNS… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Because of Covid-19, tens of thousands of young people have flown home to Aotearoa while fewer than normal are leaving. But coming home, especially to a smaller town, can prove tough.

In Hawke's Bay… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.A teenage girl is in a fight to keep the National Aquarium in Napier open.

The council is considering its closure, after the Government denied it funds for a huge redevelopment.

Tom Kitchin reports.

8:56 AM.For the price of about $17 would you like to own a house with an escape hatch under the bathtub? Or how about a ranch, or a stadium viewing box?

Mexico's government is raffling off Mexican drug lord… Read more Audio