Morning Report for Monday 11 October 2021

8:56 AM.A vegan oats recipe has made it to the Top of the Pots in the World Porridge Making Championships.

Food blogger Miriam Groot's "Oatmeal Arancini", deep fried balls of oaty risotto with mushrooms and… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.It was a bumper weekend for provincial rugby, with Hawke's Bay locking away the Ranfurly Shield for the summer and All Blacks captain Sam Cane making a guest appearance for Heartland union King… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.There's been some disagreement about Covid-19 case rates in Singapore.

Rod Jackson, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Auckland, spoke to Kim Hill. Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Across the Tasman, Sydneysiders are waking up to Freedom Day. Australia's largest city ended it's 108-day lockdown at the stroke of midnight.

But the state's premier Dominic Perrottet says the fight… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Up to 10,000 people will be allowed to attend the Melbourne Cup in Australia next month.

Melbourne is on track to come out of lockdown by October 26, once the state reaches its 70 percent double… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.The Silver Ferns have beaten the Aotearoa Men's team in the first of three matches.

The final score saw the Ferns win 58-47 at the game in Wellington last night.

Netball correspondent Bridget… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Universities, polytechs and wananga have been given ten years to end the persistently lower pass rates for Māori and Pasifika students.

It's the third time in the past decade the Tertiary Education… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.New Zealand's legal aid debt has reached $177 million dollars - much of it owed by some of our poorest citizens.

Legal aid in New Zealand is a loan, and two out of every three people who receive help… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.The city state of Singapore is now opening itself up again to the outside world with fully vaccinated citizens now able to travel to many countries and many big public events are back on the social… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Experts warn it's probably just a matter of time before Covid-19 spreads its tentacles further and in to areas such as the South Island, which hasn't had widespread transmission for almost 18 months.

7:49 AM.The heightened anxiety from confirmation of a Covid-19 case in Te Tai Tokerau had residents turning up in droves to get tested and vaccinated over the weekend. 

The region is among the… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.With just one week of holidays left, the Secondary Principals' Association wants a plan on how Auckland schools are expected to open safely.

President Vaughan Couillault says a public health order… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.A new entrant to the annual Bird of the Year/Te Manu Rongonui o te Tau competition has caused a flap.

The long-tailed bat, pekapeka-tou-roa, has swooped in on the competition that allows Kiwis to… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.In Katikati, hundreds of people responded to a positive case in the community by lining up for vaccinations and testing.

Western Bay of Plenty Mayor Garry Webber says the case made locals sit up and… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern doesn't believe hospital intensive care units will be overwhelmed as Covid-19 case numbers rise.

In countries such as Singapore, where Governments have moved out of… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Auckland's mayor Phil Goff told expects the cabinet will be conservative when it makes decisions today and keep lockdown provisions as they are for his city.

Covid case numbers in Auckland yesterday… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.University of Canterbury Covid-19 modeller professor Michael Plank is one of those saying that for now, it's no time to loosen restrictions.

He says case numbers could spiral out of control.

He… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Auckland's daily Covid-19 case numbers could reach triple figures by the end of the month.

There were 56 cases in the city yesterday, the highest since September the first, and the current situation… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.Iwi-led border control checkpoints went into full swing in Northland over the weekend - with local volunteers saying they'll do all they can to keep Delta out of the region.

Te Tai Tokerau plunged… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Public health expert Professor Nick Wilson is calling on the government to tighten the border below and above Auckland.

There were 56 cases in the city yesterday, the highest since September 1st, and… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.Thousands have taken to the streets of Brussels to demand action on climate change.

It's the first climate march to take place in the city for more than 18 months, due to the pandemic. In that time… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.The government has signed an advance purchase agreement for 60,000 courses of an experimental antiviral drug - to treat people suffering mild or moderate Covid-19 symptoms.

The oral drug molnupiravir… Read more Audio