Morning Report

The military mission to get New Zealand's remaining citizens out of Afghanistan is to depart from Auckland's Whenuapai Base on Thursday morning.

About 40 personnel will board the Hercules aircraft… Read more Audio

The Reserve Bank has made it patently clear higher interest rates are coming.

Governor Adrian Orr says the OCR would likely have been raised yesterday, but the Covid-19 lockdown put a stop to that.

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The country is anxiously awaiting new information from health authorities about the number of emerging Covid-19 cases.

One of three new cases confirmed last night has no known link to the existing… Read more Audio

Police will be out again today enforcing the rules of the level four lockdown.

Yesterday there were eight arrests at anti-lockdown protests and drivers across the country were checked to ensure… Read more Audio

Northlanders are hoping rulebreakers will be kept out of the region today, in the final hours of inter-regional travel.

People who were away from home when lockdown began have until midnight tonight… Read more Audio

The Coromandel's large population of older people are nervously waiting to see if more Covid-19 cases are discovered in the area.

Rest homes are shut for visits and local leaders are urging people to… Read more Audio

Nurses are anxious about their workplace safety if the Covid-19 outbreak escalates, believing they're wearing PPE unfit for purpose and that a stretched staff will be placed under excessive pressure.

From today, Pak n Save and New World will turn anyone away who is not wearing a mask.

Owners Foodstuffs says the rule will apply to all of its different store brands.

Masks are now compulsory for… Read more Audio

There were long queues at testing centres yesterday, particularly in Auckland, where more than 3000 people went through the stations wanting a Covid-19 swab.

Health officials struggled to keep up… Read more Audio

The Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, says he expects there to be a rise in Covid-19 case numbers to be announced today.

The country is anxiously awaiting new information from health… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio