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7:09 AM.Restaurants and bars are gearing up with the tech industry to use a multiplicity of Covid-19 contact tracing apps in Level 2.

A software leaders says signs are the Government will be happy without… Read more Audio

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

6:50 AM.Government MPs on the Epidemic Response Committee are blaming Simon Bridges for the lack of Māori voices at the committee meetings. 

The committee whose job it is to challenge the government's… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.The Foreign Minister says he'd fully back starting direct flights between New Zealand and Tasmania ahead of travel with mainland Australia if that would be more straightforward.

Tasmanian Premier… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Restaurants and bars are gearing up with the tech industry to use a multiplicity of Covid contact tracing apps in Alert Level 2.

Jonny McKenzie runs point of sale hospitality software company… 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

6:16 AM.The UK has passed Italy to have the highest death toll in Europe from Covid-19. 

It comes as the number of Covid-related deaths globally exceeds 250,000, with over 3.5 million cases worldwide. 

A… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Taika Waititi is going to direct and write a new Star Wars film.

The move was announced to coincide with May the 4th in the United States, the date known as Star Wars Day.

Susie Ferguson speaks to… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.While most New Zealanders are adjusting to life under Alert Level 3 after almost five weeks at Level 4 - some are emerging from months living under even tighter restrictions.

For a small group caught… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Is quarantine a two-week luxury holiday or a prison-like experience with exercise in outdoor pens?

For weeks now, almost every single person arriving in New Zealand has had to spend two weeks in… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Auckland tourism operators are preparing for a bleak winter with no international tourists arriving in the foreseeable future.

Government figures show international visitors accounted for more than… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Jacinda Ardern will join Australia's Cabinet meeting today via video link to discuss the possibility of a trans-Tasman bubble.

That would allow travel between the two countries without having to… Read more Audio

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

8:25 AM.Farmers in Hawke's Bay say their problems with drought are becoming desperate, especially in the central and southern parts of the district.

Not only is there little grass available in the paddocks… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.The heart of the Gisborne economy is beating again, as the forestry industry gets into full swing under Alert Level 3.

About 300 forestry workers lost their jobs, or had hours reduced, prior to the… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Frustration is growing among people stuck on surgery wait lists due to their age or weight.

Elective surgeries and specialist appointments are restarting under Alert Level 3, but the Ministry of… Read more Audio

8:08 AM.The opposition says the Prime Minister needs to come out of today's meeting with her Australian counter-parts with a clear signal of when a trans-Tasman bubble could get off the ground.

Jacinda… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.New Zealanders managed to ingest five weeks' worth of takeaways in the first week after moving to a Level 3 lockdown.

That's according to a report from ASB, which also says that in the future… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.It's been a week since we moved into Alert Level 3, but retailers and small outlets say the restricted move back into economic activity is doing very little to help their prospects of recovery.

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7:45 AM.Reform of the Resource Management Act can't come soon enough.

That's the view of Infrastructure New Zealand, which says the Act is cumbersome, complex, and not fit to help recovery from the Covid-19… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.The High Court has allowed a man to leave mandatory quarantine to visit his dying father, despite having recently returned from the United Kingdom.

The case has raised questions about the way the… Read more Audio