Morning Report

The Government has made changes to a loan scheme for companies to help them recover from Covid-19.

The Business Finance Guarantee Scheme supports the provision of bank loans to viable operations… Read more Audio

New Zealand cyclist Sam Bewley will realise a lifelong dream next week. The two-time Olympic bronze medalist on the track has been named in the Mitchelton-Scott team for the Tour de France. Read more Audio

The country's top netballers have waited several months to complete this year's domestic competition.

The Tactix will take on Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse, the defending champions - in the ANZ… Read more Audio

Referendum campaigners are urgently seeking clarification on how they can proceed with the election date moved back by a month.

Registered campaigners can only spend $330,000 in the three months to… Read more Audio

The exodus of senior leaders is continuing at the embattled Canterbury District Health Board in a deepening row over its deficit.

Canterbury DHB is in the red to the tune of $180 million and its… Read more Audio

The latest suicide statistics reveal the provisional suicide rate is at its lowest in three years.

Annual provisional suicide statistics, covering the period from July 1 last year to June 30 this… Read more Audio

New Zealand's young people say if Covid-19 continues to spread here it won't be their fault, following an international warning that their age group is driving the spread of the virus.

The warning… Read more Audio

A potentially huge increase in postal voting has prompted warnings a failure to properly prepare could lead to an election disaster.

Postal votes could number in the hundreds of thousands because of… Read more Audio

New Zealand should find out on Monday if the second wave of Covid-19 is controlled enough to get Auckland out of Alert Level 3.

The testing regime is under intense scrutiny as health authorities… Read more Audio

Former Trump adviser and campaign manager, Steve Bannon, has been charged with fraud.

The US Department of Justice has accused Bannon of defrauding a fundraising campaign to build a wall between the… Read more Audio

A microbiologist says it would be extremely rare for the isolation hotel maintenance worker to get Covid-19 off a lift button.

It's been revealed the Rydges Hotel employee who contracted the virus… Read more Audio

Weekly testing of all border workers would double the chance of Covid-19 being detected before it could spread into the community.

Nearly two thirds of workers at the border had never been tested… Read more Audio