Morning Report

The Reserve Bank is expected to raise interest rates today with the only issue being by how much.

The bank has already clearly signalled that rates need to rise to counter surging inflation, which is… Read more Audio

An overhaul of the Holidays Act has thrown up a new, curly problem that could cost employers.

Officials are belatedly advising that employers are liable for public holiday pay for a worker on ACC.

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his most senior minister Chancellor Rishi Sunak have been fined for breaking lockdown laws.

It comes after a string of breaches of Covid-19 restrictions at… Read more Audio

Otago University researchers have found asbestos fibres are leaching into Christchurch's drinking water from ageing underground pipes.

While they insist there's no immediate cause for public health… Read more Audio

Heavy rain has started hitting Gisborne and Hawke's Bay in the last hour - with the area still recovering from a storm three weeks ago.

A red rain warning - MetService's highest - is still in place… Read more Audio

Steady rain is falling in Tairāwhiti region, with the area still recovering from a storm three weeks ago.

A red rain warning remains in place until late tonight for Gisborne and Wairoa... with up to… Read more Audio

Travellers from across the Tasman are flying in this morning.

Australians are now allowed into the country without isolating.

The first flight was an Air New Zealand flight from Perth, which was due… Read more Audio

Heavy rain has started hitting Gisborne and Hawke's Bay in the last hour - with the area still recovering from a storm three weeks ago.

A red rain warning - MetService's highest - is still in place… Read more Audio