Morning Report for Tuesday 2 November 2021

8:57 AM.The Melbourne Cup, Australia's most famous annual Thoroughbred horse race, is going ahead on Tuesday with 10,000 people allowed into Flemington.

Last year, no crowds were allowed at the event due to… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Lockdown and the power of poetry are being credited for the Whanganui pound re-homing a record number of dogs this year.

The council-owned facility found new owners for all of the 175 dogs in its… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.A man accused of killing a toddler in Southland in 2015, changed his story from saying he did not know what happened to saying he tripped on a skateboard and fell on the boy.

The man was charged with… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Wellington renters are becoming increasingly angry with the poor state of many of the capitals flats as the city heads into the pre-Christmas flat-hunting season.

Tenants are leaving unhealthy and… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Questions are being asked about when the government will firm up orders of paediatric vaccines.

An application from Pfizer to ship the vaccine to New Zealand is due any day now.

The National Party… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.More cooking, more exercise, and more screentime were how children spent last year's lockdown.

The country's largest study on the lives of 10 and 11 year olds born in Auckland and Waikato reveals… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.Shopping and popping double-bubbles are on the cards for Auckland next week.

Cabinet has agreed in principle to move the region to alert level 3 step 2 at 11.59pm on Tuesday 9 November, allowing… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Prime Minister admits cabinet weighed up Auckland's rising vaccination rates and the stress of living in lockdown for 76 days before deciding to ease Covid-19 restrictions.

Ministers also considered… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Horse training legend Bill Pomare will today fulfill a lifelong dream of having a runner in the Melbourne Cup, six-year-old gelding Ocean Billy.

Australia's most famous annual Thoroughbred horse race… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.The country's high number of preventable road deaths has led some to blame a lack of progress on the country's "Road to Zero" safety strategy.

It was launched almost two years ago and is meant to… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.A major survey shows children did more baking and cooking and more outdoor exercise during last year's national lockdown.

The University of Auckland's Growing Up in New Zealand study also found ten… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Tonga's main island Tongatapu has gone into a snap lockdown after the country's first positive Covid-19 case arrived in the country from New Zealand last Wednesday.

Viliami Puloka is a doctor in… Read more Audio

7:33 AM.Firefighters are still on site at Christchurch's main wastewater treatment plant, which caught fire yesterday afternoon.

The fire was contained last night, but at its peak, 50 fightfighters were at… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The family of a mentally ill man who was shot at eight times as he ran away from police, are angry they have been waiting nearly four years for a Coroner's Inquest into his death.

At Easter in 2018… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The Ministry of Health has 72 hours to reconsider its refusal to share Māori vaccine information with the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency.

It's chief executive John Tamihere took the ministry to… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.A leading Covid-19 modeller is pessimistic about the easing of restrictions, and says cases could skyrocket past 300 a day this month as the government plans to relax restrictions in Auckland.

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7:09 AM.Business owners and residents in Auckland are breathing a sigh of relief after nearly three months in lockdown.

Cabinet has decided in principle to move the Super City to alert level 3 step 2 at… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.The wait is over - Auckland retailers can finally open their doors from Tuesday next week - and customers can hit the shops.

But amid the excitement is the call for calm - shoppers will have to… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Shops, museums and libraries in Auckland are on track to re-open next week.

Cabinet has agreed in principle to move the region to alert level 3 step 2 at 11.59pm on Tuesday 9 November, allowing… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.Australia's most famous annual Thoroughbred horse race is going ahead with 10,000 fans allowed into Flemington - after no crowds were allowed at the event last year due to the pandemic.

Here the… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.The National Party says vaccinated New Zealanders are being held back from enjoying more freedoms by government delays on vaccine certificates.

Cabinet has decided in principle that Auckland will… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.Waikato moves to step 2 of alert level 3 on Tuesday but Aucklanders have to live with their current Covid-19 restrictions for at least eight more days.

It means shops, museums and libraries can… Read more Audio