Morning Report for Thursday 5 August 2021

6:08 AM.A group of New Zealanders living overseas has launched a petition to reform the Managed Isolation and Quarantine booking system, increase capacity, and consider alternatives for returnees who are… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.The Queen Charlotte Track in the Marlborough Sounds remains closed after heavy rain caused slips, windfalls and washed away a bridge, leaving some sections impassable.

A Department of Conservation… Read more Audio

6:23 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:38 AM.Greenpeace says despite all the promises the dairy industry makes about cleaning up their act, emissions continue to rise.

Stats NZ figures show greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farms increased… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Energy security analysts warn New Zealand is failing to weigh the risks to fuel supplies from shutting down its only oil refinery.

Shareholders in the Marsden Pt refinery vote on Friday on whether to… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.Governor Andrew Cuomo says he will not resign after a damning independent inquiry found the New York governor had harassed multiple women.

Now a new report has placed a spotlight on his brother… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.Greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farms have increased to an all time high.

But emissions from the dairy cows themselves have dropped, which the industry says is the best measure to look at.

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7:20 AM.The Maritime Union is calling for health authorities to offer one on one consultations for port union workers who are vaccine-hesitant.

The union, which represents waterfront and port workers and… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.A student job recruiter says it's unprecedented times for the labour market, as youth unemployment drops and job listings soar.

Unemployment has dropped to 4 percent - the lowest in nearly a year.

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7:28 AM.An Australian analyst warns New Zealand is being naive about the dangers of shutting down its only oil refinery.

A researcher in Christchurch says this country is failing to properly weigh the risks… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Economist Shamubeel Eaqub is urging the Reserve Bank to hold off hiking up interest rates. 

Stronger than expected labour market data has confirmed inflation pressures are building with an increase… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.Principals are worried there will be fewer people willing to be on school boards of trustees, after a board was charged with the death of a student who drowned during a school trip.

Yesterday, the… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Local GP clinics delivering shots has made all the difference for elderly Kiwis booking their Covid-19 vaccine, according to Grey Power.

Going to a familiar setting with health professionals people… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.In Wellington, business leaders have banded together to oppose Let's Get Wellington Moving.

A new group, led by retailers, eateries and city businesses is calling for actions which might actually get… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Whānau in Tairāwhiti say a new marae meth rehab programme based on one developed by the Mongrel Mob is leading to success.

Instead of escaping the drug by going to jail, hapū and iwi say there's… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.The building and construction industry is booming, wages are rising and companies are trying to poach talent off each other. It's a good indicator of New Zealand's low unemployment rate.

Official… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Green Party MP Chlöe Swarbrick is urging for more intervention in housing affordability outside of tinkering from the Reserve Bank.

This week, Finance Minister Grant Robertson said the Reserve Bank… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Charities on the frontline of Fiji's growing humanitarian crisis warn that many families are struggling to get enough food.

The NGOs have been distributing thousands of food packs since the nation's… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Consultation closes tomorrow on how often Māori voters should be allowed to switch between the general and Māori electoral rolls.

Many Māori are highly critical of the current rules which allow… Read more Audio

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

8:38 AM.Many of New Zealand's star athletes have returned from Tokyo with Olympic gold in tow and are waiting to be reunitied with proud family and friends after they're released from quarantine.

Kiwi rowing… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The shoe brand Converse has quietly removed any reference to the environmental impact of its global public art campaign from its website after being accused of greenwashing.

Converse had been… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.New Zealand is marking 100 years of free dental care for children this year.

The service has helped improve the oral health of the nation, but for many older Kiwis it will always be associated -… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Tuatara, Aotearoa's surviving remnant from the age of dinosaurs, are not noted for their speed. But new research has turned up one surprisingly swift aspect of their anatomy - their speedy sperm.

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