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7:17 AM.An Invercargill woman fighting for her life in Dunedin hospital and five of her family members still don't know how they got Covid-19.

The family is believed to be among the rare cases of community… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The secretive US data firm Palantir run by billionaire and New Zealand citizen Peter Thiel is in talks with the Government here about combating Covid-19.

Palantir has worked for spy agencies in the… Read more Audio

6:55 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Germany has approved a human clinical trial in the search for a Covid-19 vaccine.

Two hundred people will receive the vaccine, developed by the German biotech company BioNTech.

The trial is only the… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Almost a month after other countries started repatriating their citizens from India, the New Zealand Government is this week getting its first plane off the ground.

Two weeks ago Germany had already… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.Business New Zealand chief executive Kirk Hope says banks aren't making it easy for small and medium-sized operators to access loans through the Government's guarantee scheme.

The Finance Minister… Read more Audio

6:28 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:25 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

6:08 AM.Spain's nationwide lockdown - which started on 14 March - has been extended until the middle of May.

But there's some relief for the country's children, who will be allowed outside for walks from… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Volunteers at community coronavirus checkpoints agree with the the National Party that clarity on their legality is nescessary.

Iwi in regions such as Te Tai Tokerau, Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Manawa… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.The National Party is calling for clarity on the legality of community checkpoints.

Iwi in regions such as Te Tai Tokerau, Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Manawa have been running checkpoints to restrict… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The Reserve Bank is looking at removing the limits on home loans to low-deposit borrowers to help counter the economic downturn.

Deputy governor Geoff Bascand says loan-to-value ratios were designed… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Queenstown is facing a new wave of rental challenges as some tenants face high rents with limited to no income.

While the district council and some landlords are offering rent relief, many say… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Shopping for non-essential items will be allowed again under Alert Level 3, as long as it's contactless.

But what will that look like?

Auckland University professor Ilan Oshri specialises in global… Read more Audio

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

8:25 AM.Top level government advice to oppose bail for prisoners on the grounds they may have Covid-19 is unlawful and turns prisons into quarantine facilities, according to leading defence lawyers.

The… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Businesses hoping to open under Alert Level 3 next week are still uncertain about exactly what they can and can't do.

They've got questions about how to stick to the rules when they go back to work -… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.The National Party says small to medium businesses are paying the price for the extension of Alert Level 4 restrictions to next week.

It's been calling for more of the economy to be opened up sooner… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Whanau with three generations under one roof say the lockdown has given them time to transfer whakapapa knowledge and return to living off the land.

Nannies, koroua, tamariki and mokopuna have come… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Businesses are desperate to know what minimum amount of contact tracing they must provide when the country drops down to Alert Level 3 next week.

An app developer says technology allows this to be… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Convicted double murderer David Tamihere wants the Court of Appeal to give him a chance to clear his name in a retrial after he was granted a rare Royal Prerogative of Mercy.

Tamihere served twenty… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.In a late-night tweet, US president Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US because of the coronavirus.

Citing an "attack from the… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Simon Bridges has heavily criticised the Government's response to Covid-19, saying it didn't do enough groundwork to get the country out of Alert Level 4 restrictions this week.

He says work has only… Read more Audio