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7:32 AM.New Zealanders wanting to return home are having to put plans on hold as the government scrambles to find enough hotel rooms for mandatory isolation.

Air New Zealand has agreed to put a hold on all… Read more Audio

7:24 AM."Outrageous, unbelievable, indefensible."

That was the reaction of the Privacy Commissioner to news the National Party leaked personal details revealing the identity of New Zealand's active Covid-19… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.It was a leak of private and confidential information the leader of the National Party said was "unacceptable" and "shabby".

The privacy breach was "quite staggering" and reflected a government that… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.After being on the attack for weeks over border blunders the National Party now has its own spectacular botch up.

The Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker outed himself last night confessing to leaking… Read more Audio

6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

6:39 AM.New Zealand's temporary workers have been given some breathing space to plan their next move, but it is a different story for those migrants stuck overseas.

The Minister of Immigration has used his… Read more Audio

6:36 AM.The admission by National Party MP Hamish Walker he leaked the personal details of Covid-19 patients has a ring of 'dirty politics' according to the Health Minister.

Last night the Clutha-Southland… Read more Audio

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

6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:00 AM.The new Health Minister says the leaking of Covid-19 patients' details by the Opposition MP Hamish Walker smacks of 'dirty politics'.

We'll speak to National leader Todd Muller about his MPs actions… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Labour is promising new rules for the conversion of farmland into forestry if elected in September. The move is a response to concerns about forestry planting on productive farmland.

Some argue… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Air New Zealand has put a hold on the number of people returning home, while it and the Government work to increase the capacity at managed isolation facilities.

The Minister in charge of managed… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Auckland water blasting businesses are up in arms over the region's water restrictions, saying the restrictions have killed business.

Under the current restrictions, commercial users cannot use an… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Head scans in Magnetic Resonance Imaging or MRI machines should become more comfortable thanks to work being done by Wellington researchers.

MRI technology requires patients to lie still for an… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The RSA have resorted to holding services outside the National War Memorial due to the concerns the Carillon tower will collapse during an earthquake.

As RNZ has been reporting, engineering reports… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.The Minister of Immigration is under increasing pressure to decide what to do about thousands of temporary work visas which will expire over the next few months.

At least 3000 low paid temporary… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The border between Victoria and New South Wales will close at midnight tonight.

It comes as Victoria recorded its highest ever number of Covid cases in one day - 127.

ABC journalist Casey Briggs… Read more Audio

7:58 AM.International tourists might now be a rare sight, but visitors are still flowing through the doors of Gisborne's Tairāwhiti Museum.

The institution has seen an increase of 160 percent in non-local… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.New Zealand is to take part in an international survey looking at the psychological effects of the coronavirus pandemic and how different government responses to Covid-19 have affected citizens.

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7:46 AM.New Zealand's biggest news site Stuff is suspending all of its activity on Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram until further notice.

Its part of a global boycott of Facebook which argues the social… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.While regional councils celebrate millions of dollars in funding for local freshwater restoration projects, scientists are not holding their breath.

The government says the 23 projects across the… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.A successful programme to get young people jobs will be rolled out across 23 of New Zealand's regions.

Last month, a pilot in four areas teamed local businesses with rangatahi left unemployed by… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.The unending debate over whether the Mona Lisa is a universal masterpiece, or just sort of okay, can resume in earnest today, as the Louvre museum in Paris reopens for the first time in fourth months.