Morning Report

Jury trials are resuming on Monday, after Covid-19 disruptions saw them scrapped for months.

The legal system must now work through the backlog of cases that has built up since March, but how well… Read more Audio

Hundreds of principals are urging the government to scrap a divisive education scheme that costs a $100 million a year, most of it in extra pay for teachers and principals.

The Principals Federation… Read more Audio

A pilot programme in Napier is helping to keep some of the city's most troubled and violent children in school.

It comes amid rising concern about violence in schools nationally, and worries that… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister says a trans-Tasman bubble is a while away in the wake of an explosion of Covid-19 cases across the ditch.

Melbourne has recently gone into a "stage four" lockdown similar to New… Read more Audio

The situation in Victoria is a reminder of how the pandemic continues to rage abroad and how quickly the virus can spread if a gamble is made on the wrong strategy.

So, what does a serious outbreak… Read more Audio

Melbourne wakes up from its first night under curfew, as it begins a six-week-long lockdown. The Australian state declared a "state of disaster" at the weekend.

It has gone into "stage four" lock… Read more Audio

Melbourne wakes up from its first night under curfew, as it begins a six-week-long lockdown.

The Australian state declared a "state of disaster" at the weekend.

It has gone into "stage four" lock… Read more Audio

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

The Principals Federation wants the government to stop spending a hundred-million-dollars a year on the previous government's flagship education scheme, the communities of learning.

The scheme pays… Read more Audio

Melbourne is spending its first night under curfew, which will end at 7am Monday NZT.

Under the "stage four" lockdown, Melbourne residents will only be allowed to shop and exercise within five… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio