Morning Report

Global voices are urgently calling for a "people's vaccine" for Covid 19.

Among them are former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark.

She has added her name to a letter from more than 140… Read more Audio

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

A new report on the nearly 40,000 people who signed on for the unemployment benefit during lockdown shows they're more likely to be first time beneficiaries, higher earners, recently returned from… Read more Audio

Yesterday's Budget prompted a range of views, after the Government revealed how it plans to spend to dig New Zealand out of the financial hole left by Covid-19.

RNZ political editor Jane Patterson… Read more Audio

The National Party says New Zealand is in an economic hole, and yesterday's announcements make it worse.

It says that with an additional $140 billion in debt, the country is looking at nearly $80,000… Read more Audio

The Government's big spending budget lays out $50 billion to fight the impact of Covid-19 and steer New Zealand's economy back on track.

While the numbers are big, not everybody is happy and there… Read more Audio

The Māori economy was worth more than $50 billion before Covid-19. 

But many Māori businesses have been hit hard by the pandemic - with more than $17,000 Māori estimated to have lost their jobs in… Read more Audio

More than $6 billion has been flagged in the budget for capital expenditure on infrastructure, including $3 billion to jumpstart projects that are "shovel-ready."

There's also cash for two new… Read more Audio

Those hoping for a further rise in welfare payments to feature in the budget have been disappointed, despite predictions that the Covid-19 outbreak will create tens of thousands of new beneficiaries.

An update on our story from earlier in the week about an unapproved police trial of new technology using controversial facial recognition software.

It was used to conduct dozens of searches for… Read more Audio

The Budget has been revealed and businesses are thinking about how it will affect them.

Leeann Watson, the chief executive of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce and Craig Hudson, the managing… Read more Audio

The Government's big spending budget lays out $50 billion to fight the impact of Covid-19 and steer New Zealand's economy back on track.

But will it be enough?

ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner… Read more Audio