Morning Report

Restaurants and cafes in Wellington struggling to get back on their feet after the first lockdown say the return to Alert Level 2 is familiar but unwelcome.

This time all businesses are required to… Read more Audio

Tourism businesses in Rotorua are already feeling the impact of the latest Covid-19 scare with a lot of people cancelling trips this weekend.

An extra testing clinic has opened in Rotorua after it… Read more Audio

Covid-19 could have been spreading in Auckland for weeks before the latest community outbreak was discovered. How four family members got the disease remains a mystery.

They have no known connection… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

The United Kingdom has plunged into its worst recession on record.

The British economy shrank 20.4 percent in the second quarter of 2020.

By way of comparison: In its worst month during the 2008… Read more Audio

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is due to make his first public appearance with his newly-minted running mate - Kamala Harris - in Delaware today.

Harris would be the first female Vice… Read more Audio

The move to Level 3 has emptied Auckland schools, forcing teachers and children to return to online and distance learning.

Karen McMurray from Randwick Park School spoke to our education… Read more Audio

There are nine police checkpoints at Auckland's boundaries to prevent residents from leaving - and outsiders coming in.

Members of Auckland iwi Ngāti Whātua are assisting police run the northern… Read more Audio

A public health professor says the latest Covid-19 oubreak is a wake up call for New Zealand after the country relaxed a little too far into Alert Level 1.

The co leader of Te Ropu Whakakaupapa… Read more Audio