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6:47 AM.Economists here say the government should not follow Australia's lead, with a widespread stimulus package to counter the economic hit from the coronavirus.

Yesterday Australia's Prime Minister… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Shares around the world are in free-fall as the spread of coronavirus brings the world economy to a halt. At the start of US trading, shares plunged and triggered a trading halt in an attempt to curb… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:21 AM.It's nearly a year since the attacks on Al Noor and Linwood Mosque in Christchurch.

RNZ spoke to people around the country about their recollection of March 15, 2019.

Here's what they said in… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.Morning Report is co-broadcasting from Christchurch ahead of this weekend's anniversary of the mosque shootings.

Fifty-one people were killed and many more were injured ,shot and many more their… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Schools are cancelling class trips overseas because of travel restrictions and insurance problems related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Many schools have been trying to decide what to do about trips that… Read more Audio

8:58 AM.More than a million native plants are unfurling along the new Waikato Expressway.

The newly opened Huntly section of the expressway is 15 kilometres of four-lane highway, but landscapers are using… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.A major power outage is affecting the Hutt Valley and south Wairarapa.

RNZ reporter Ruth Hill has the latest. Read more Audio

8:52 AM.The fourth edition of New Zealand's elite netball competition - the ANZ Premiership - could be too close to call according to Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua.

The competition starts on Sunday… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.We've checked this morning to find out what the pandemic announcement means for those travelling overseas.

Most travel insurance companies don't provide cover for known epidemics or pandemics - and… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Some GP clinics are upping the ante on Covid-19 controls and saying they won't see walk-ins with any flu-like symptoms.

Many had already been telling people who suspected they had the corona virus to… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Rental accommodation is more expensive than it has ever been before, with the national average rent reaching $480 a week last month.

The Property Investors' Federation says average is from government… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Former American vice-president Joe Biden now looks a certainty to win the race to challenge Donald Trump in November's presidential election.

Last month Biden was struggling to attract support but a… Read more Audio

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

8:27 AM.The Department of Conservation is appealing for information about two red-billed gulls shot with what is believed to be crossbow.

The birds have been spotted in Kaikoura with crossbow bolts stuck in… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.The Agriculture Minister has made a large-scale adverse event declaration which covers the entire North Island, parts of the South Island and the Chatham Islands.

Damien O'Connor says this… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.First Home buyers, who are relying on their Kiwisaver funds to get into a home, are dreading the extent of the damage Covid-19 will have on their nest egg.

After three years in the scheme Kiwisaver… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Covid-19 is now a pandemic.

The World Health Organisation made the declaration just before 6-o'clock this morning, saying it's deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity - and of… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Warriors coach Stephen Kearney fully supports the approach the Canterbury Bulldogs have taken to standing down 2 of their players for breaching the NRL code of conduct. Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Deaf and disabled people will no longer be out of pocket for disability related costs if they decide to stand in a general election.

A member's bill which passed last night will allow candidates to… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.A new study has found parents researching childhood vaccinations online are likely to encounter significant levels of misinformation.

While 20 percent of websites identified by Google searches and 25… Read more Audio