Morning Report for Monday 2 May 2022

8:43 AM.A North Island resthome operator says the aged-care sector is starting to collapse.

Enliven is a not-for-profit service that runs fourteen resthomes as well as hospital and dementia care units, but… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Plane-loads of people have been touching down on New Zealand soil for the first time in years.

The first vaccinated tourists from the US, who don't have to go through MIQ have landed at Auckland… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.As political debate around crime and gangs intensifies, a criminologist is warning against hasty controls.

Canterbury University gang expert Jarrod Gilbert has been researching 1996, a year of… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.A trial of a new Covid-19 test is on its way but some are asking why it's taken so long.

Thirty Air New Zealand staff will take part in LAMP tests - a new system that can detect Covid-19 within… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.The BA.4 Omicron variant has arrived in Aotearoa from South Africa. Authorities say the variant is no more transmissible or severe than other Omicron variants.

It does, however, seem to spread more… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.New projections out this morning show there will be a 30-centimetre sea level rise along much of the coastline in the next 10 to 20 years.

That will of course have huge ramifications for insurance… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The Government is ploughing money into a bid to stop students skipping class.

The latest truancy figures paint a grim picture - 60,000 students are missing at least three days of school each… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.The Property Investors Federation says it is concerned about a growing rental crisis and has a plan to fix it.

It includes harsher penalties for bad tenants and returning the bright line test to two… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.A report shows the sea level is rising twice as fast as previously thought in some parts of Aotearoa.

Projections unveiled in a government-funded programme show infrastructure and homes in certain… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.A resthome operator in the North Island is warning the sector is starting to collapse because of what it calls a near-catastrophic staffing crisis.

In Wellington and the Hutt Valley, one provider… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.The first vaccinated tourists from the US not required to go into MIQ have arrived Auckland Airport this morning.

The border reopened at midnight to vaccinated visitors from about 60 visa-waiver… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.The sea level is rising twice as fast as previously thought in many parts of New Zealand - and this is the best case scenario.

The new data comes from NZ SeaRise, a programme made up dozens of local… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The sea level is rising twice as fast as previously thought in many parts of New Zealand.

The new data comes from NZ SeaRise, a progamme made up dozens of local and international scientists - and… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Tourism operators say pre-departure Covid-19 testing is putting off overseas travellers from coming here and they want the requirement ditched.

At midnight last night, the border reopened to… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.Rising sea levels and sinking coast lines will put infrastructure and homes in many New Zealand cities at risk of flooding decades earlier than previously thought, according to a new report.

That's… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.For the first time in two years, New Zealand's border is open to the world.

From Monday, fully vaccinated travellers from visa-waiver countries are able to enter New Zealand without isolating.

The… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Projections unveiled in a major government-funded report show infrastructure and homes across the country - particularly in Auckland and Wellington - risk inundation decades earlier than expected.

… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.New data shows the sea level is rising twice as fast as previously thought in some parts of Aotearoa, significantly reducing the amount of time authorities have to respond.

Projections unveiled in a… Read more Audio