Morning Report for Monday 14 February 2022

8:47 AM.A last gasp decision to contest the Coast to Coast paid off for Wanaka athlete Braden Currie - who won the gruelling South Island multisport race for the fourth time over the weekend.

It was his most… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.The group Grounded Kiwis goes to the High Court today to press its case against the MIQ system.

They are seeking a judicial review of the system that has seen many thousands of New Zealanders abroad… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.A man whose unvaccinated American brother is planning to come to New Zealand with an illegally obtained vaccine certificate is worried there's no way to prove the document was obtained under false… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The mask mandate for school children is being ignored or misinterpreted by some principals and teachers.

Schools are also getting dubious or even bogus applications to exempt pupils from the… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.With 810 new Covid-19 community cases, and 32 people now in hospital, the Omicron variant is certainly on its expected upward trend.

Auckland University computational biologist Dr David Welch spoke… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Rain, wind and terrible music has failed to dent the resolve of protesters illegally camping at parliament.

Already this morning loud speaker announcements have been heard telling those camped there… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.There's concerns convoys of truckers protesting vaccine mandates will impact the Super Bowl in LA on Monday.

The much-anticipated annual playoff of the National Football League is planned to kick off… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.A leading doctor says it's highly likely Covid-19 could spread through the protest at Parliament, and the conditions are ripe for other diseases to spread too.

The protest anti-vaccination mandate… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.A researcher into misinformation says toxic messaging has taken a worrying foothold in Aotearoa - and should have lawmakers in this country on high alert.

Sanjana Hattotuwa monitors online extremism… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Record covid case numbers aren't showing Omicron's true spread, with an expert warning the real number could be as much as 10 times the official figures.

A record 810 cases were recorded yesterday… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Crews are out clearing roads that were closed by floods and slips during the weekend storm.

On Monday the Karamea Highway in Westland, damaged in last week's torrential rain, opens for traffic to be… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Contractors will be out today cleaning up from the wild weather over the weekend.

Huge swells, high winds and heavy rain lashed parts of the motu from Northland, to the top of the South Island… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Police say unsanitary conditions at Wellington's anti-mandate protest will result in attendees becoming unwell.

Heavy rain over the weekend has created a mud pit on parliament's front lawn where a… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern recently spoke to Corin Dann about an anti-vaccination mandate protest convoy.

RNZ political editor Jane Patterson spoke to Susie Ferguson. Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Wellingtonians are promised increased police presence on the streets around Parliament today, to make sure they can go about their business safely.

Meanwhile, the police are also trying to negotiate… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The Prime Minister's message for protesters at Parliament is "go home". Jacinda Ardern told Morning Report she has strong opinions about the protest and whether it is appropriate. Read more Video, Audio

6:48 AM.In Canada, today will be day seventeen of the freedom convoy in Ottawa.

The massive protest by truckers and others against Covid-19 mandates has crippled three US border crossings - with no end in… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.A former MP who has joined protesters at Parliament says they would leave if the Government set a date for removing mandates.

The former National Party MP Matt King says the issue of mandates is… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.On Tuesday, German chancellor Olaf Scholz will be in Kyiv and Moscow to try and find a way out of this crisis.

The German chancellor is being strongly criticised for his stance on the Ukraine - and… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.Efforts to drive out anti-vaccine and anti-mandate protesters from Parliament's grounds failed over the weekend, with hundreds still camped out on the lawn.

The Speaker of the House used a variety of… Read more Audio