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7:42 AM.While schools reopened on Monday, many parents chose to keep their children at home.

Data collected from more than 1400 schools by the Ministry of Education showed an average national attendance rate… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Some people who lost jobs during the Covid-19 lockdown haven't found themselves out of work for long.

Around 40,000 more people signed up for the benefit during Alert Level 4 and 3, forcing the… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Spending has increased significantly as the country moved from the Covid-19 Alert Level 4 to Level 3 and now to Level 2, but some businesses are still doing poorly.

Paymark, the company that runs… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.The first days of life under Alert Level 2 has started with a hiss and a roar for retailers, restaurants and cafes, but some business owners fear the spending splurge will be short lived as recession… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.At some point in March, New Zealand welcomed its five millionth resident according to an estimate from Statistics New Zealand.

While there's no way of knowing for sure, it's likely the five millionth… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.The latest Newshub Reid-Research poll has Labour on 56.5 percent and National falling to 30.6. On these poll results Labour would easily be able to govern alone.

To add to Simon Bridges' woes - his… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The World Health Assembly has been held overnight with close to 200 countries from around the world taking part.

It's taking place during the worst pandemic in modern history, and that's been the… Read more Audio

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

6:46 AM.Queenstown migrant workers say they're stuck in limbo without more clarity on the sponsored working visa rules.

Up to 10,000 jobs are estimated to have been lost in the resort town with more expected… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.America's Centers for Disease Control warned on Monday that the United States is on course to record 100,000 coronavirus deaths by the beginning of next month.

Some models predict that grim moment… 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

6:18 AM.Acting veteran Mark Hadlow has had to swap the stage for working on a building site in order to keep the cash coming in during the Covid-19 restrictions.

The actor and comedian is best known… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.A generation of New Zealanders spending their lockdown in rest homes have memories of schools closing due to epidemics that swept the country during their childhoods.

After polio first gripped New… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The operators of one of New Zealand's largest heritage railways are worried that the loss of passengers over the lockdown could mean that its historic trains will be mothballed indefinitely.

The… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Today about 800,000 children are returning to school for the first time in eight weeks. Most have not been to school since 24 March.

Schools have to maintain strict hygiene with hand sanitiser in… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Shoppers were able to enjoy New Zealand's malls and high streets over the weekend.

But the precarious situation for retailers wasn't helped by a government flip flop on the rules around contact… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Among the many activities people were able to do for the first time at the weekend under level two, was to head to their local farmers market.

The risk of spreading Covid-19 meant they were forced to… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.People who look after children who cannot be cared for by their own parents will receive more money from July.

Around 14,000 caregivers look after more than 22,000 children, both inside and outside… Read more Audio

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

8:25 AM.The government will spend more than $13 million fixing damage to two of New Zealand's Great Walks, in the hope that the popular tramping routes could re-open for the summer season.

More than 440… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Around the world countries emerging from lockdown are trying to keep track of where their citizens are going, and who they are coming into contact with.

In New Zealand the status of a… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Playcentre families are reeling from a lack of adequate funding in the Budget.

Parents have been posting on the Prime Minister's Facebook page, stressing how upset they are that underfunding could… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Students around the country are flooding back to school today.

Principals are bracing themselves to deal with the many challenges involved - ranging from how to get everyone to school when seats on… Read more Audio