Morning Report

Economists are questioning whether there will be a second rebound in economic activity when current lockdown restrictions ease.

Infometrics' latest quarterly survey estimates economic activity fell… Read more Audio

The Post Primary Teachers Association says they started fielding calls from worried teachers as soon as it was announced they'd be returning to the classroom under Alert Level 3.

On Monday the… Read more Audio

The number of older people in prison is going up, partly because of the increase in sex offenders being sentenced for historical crimes. The other reason is longer sentences.

The Office of the… Read more Audio

A mortgage lender says banks are charging too much and rates should drop.

Simplicity, which is also a KiwiSaver manager, is reducing its floating mortgage rate for first home buyers to 2.25 percent… Read more Audio

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

The appointment of eight relief coroners is yet to ease a backlog of coronial cases as grieving families wait up to six years for closure.

The appointments were made in March but five months on the… Read more Audio

Many predicted a lockdown lovefest would lead to a Covid-19 baby boom, but now obstetricians are predicting the exact opposite - declining birth rates.

In Australia, the social economic conditions of… Read more Audio

Thousands of Aucklanders are desperately turning to food banks as increasing job losses wipe out family incomes.

There are now 29 registered foodbanks serving the city. Prior to Covid-19 there was… Read more Audio

The chair of the Pasifika GP Network is calling on the government to ensure there is a Pacific voice on the new group overseeing testing at the country's border.

The Prime Minister has announced a… Read more Audio

The government is being told it should launch an inquiry into its response to the Covid-19 pandemic as soon as the Auckland outbreak is under control.

Public health experts say the 100 Covid-19 free… Read more Audio

The Wellington Phoenix have finished the A-League regular season in third - the football club's highest finish in its 13-year history. Read more Audio

Tauranga ratepayers face a $7 million-plus bill to demolish a building the city council admits could have failed catastrophically.

The building's designer says it blew the whistle on it, but the… Read more Audio