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7:56 AM.Some of the country's top scientists say New Zealand cannot afford to wait on other countries to develop a Covid-19 vaccine.

Estimates suggest it will take at least a year before international doses… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.University of Otago public health professor Michael Baker says he's "reassured" by the Government's work to eliminate Covid-19.

He told Morning Report on the whole he's happy with the government's… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.This time next week New Zealand will have moved down to Covid-19 Alert Level 3.

The level four lockdown has cost both businesses and their staff lost income. Will the slight easing of the ban on… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.National's deputy leader Paula Bennett says her name has been cleared by the courts after - what she calls - a fishing expedition by Winston Peters for his own political purposes.

Peters - the deputy… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.New Zealand's Alert Level 4 lockdown has been extended for a little over a week, ending just before midnight on Monday 27 April.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Morning Report the extension was… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Front-line doctors and nurses who braced for the worst under Covid-19 are relieved the government is staying cautious.

They say New Zealand is in a great position to eliminate the disease - if people… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.RNZ reporters were out and about - carefully - to see what the public thought of the decision to continue on level four lockdown until after the upcoming holiday weekend.

Most thought the right call… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The epidemiologist who audited the country's contact tracing system says New Zealand was not ready for a pandemic like Covid-19.

Ayesha Verrall from the University of Otago found the tracing system… Read more Audio

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

6:47 AM.It is now known 19 people have been been killed by a gunman in Nova Scotia in Canada who disguised himself as a police officer.

It's Canada's deadliest mass shooting.

The Canadian police have found… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.Early childhood services want more evidence it will be safe to reopen next week and some are likely to remain closed.

The government says schools and early learning centres will open on 29 April for… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.Opposition leader Simon Bridges says the Government's decision to extend lockdown shows it hasn't done the groundwork required to have the country ready.

The national lockdown has been extended until… 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

6:14 AM.Italy has recorded its first fall in infection rates since the pandemic began - but its death toll is still edging up with 454 deaths on Monday.

The country has now recorded almost 180,000 cases and… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.There are growing indications that President Donald Trump is making plans to advance the argument that China is to blame for the Covid-19 pandemic that has brought devastation to the American economy.

8:55 AM.We've been ringing around the country to find out what people are getting up to while they're locked down during Alert Level 4.

Today we check in with Wellington-based writer and cartoonist Tom… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.While sports are off the cards under lockdown, competitive video games follow no such structures.

New Zealand Esports are experiencing a boom due to Covid-19, with the industry being nationally… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Grey Power says many elderly people are finding it difficult to access information about lockdown rules and how to stay safe from Covid-19.

Their national president Mac Welch says it's an information… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.A clinical psychologist says most children will not suffer long-term emotional harm as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown and she's warning parents not to panic.

Whatever Cabinet decides about alert… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Some families who call New Zealand home have found themselves separated on other sides of the world, facing the prospect of months apart because of the tough border restrictions.

Only New Zealand… Read more Audio

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

8:24 AM.A union representing residential aged care workers says understaffing and not enough personal protective equipment continue to be huge problems.

The government has just announced an extra $26 million… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.There are concerns power bills could rise with so many people not just working from home but spending most of their spare time there as well.

Meters aren't being read and bills are instead being… Read more Audio