Morning Report

Lockdown means different things to different people.

For many it's juggling Zoom meetings with childcare, and battling supermarket queues - others are hardly noticing a difference.

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New Zealand soldiers say they had to drag people through sewage and over barbed wire to get evacuees to safety in Kabul.

The Defence Force has revealed more details about how the army evacuated New… Read more Audio

Delta cases isolating at the Grand Mercure in Wellington are allowed to leave their rooms and use the hotel's "fresh air" area, which is an underground car park.

The joint head of managed isolation… Read more Audio

The Employers and Manufacturers Association is concerned at a backlog of applications to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment for workers to cross Auckland's southern border.

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Being proud of what she achieved brought New Zealand swim star Sophie Pascoe to tears.

Pascoe joined a select group of Paralympians when she won the 100 freestyle final in Tokyo last night, her first… Read more Audio

National Party leader Judith Collins says Jacinda Ardern could have suspended Parliament if she was concerned about safety.

In person Parliament returned for the first time since the latest Covid-19… Read more Audio

A business owner in West Auckland says his situation feels like a kick in the guts when he's already down after multiple lockdowns, and a deluge of rain.

Floodwaters ripped through dozens of homes… Read more Audio

"A bit of a kick in the guts when you're already down"

That's how one business owner in West Auckland is summing up the situation after multiple lockdowns - and now, a deluge of rain.

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The Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed vaccines will be prioritised for Auckland, ahead of the rest of the country.

He told Morning Report if vaccine supplies couldn't match… Read more Audio

Border checkpoints are back in Auckland.

They will remain as long as Auckland, and currently Northland, remain at alert level 4, while the rest of the country has shifted to level 3.

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New Zealand is once again officially divided along Covid-19 lines.

The country south of Auckland is now in lockdown level three and police checkpoints at five locations on the city's southern… Read more Audio