Morning Report

The consumer watchdog says Air New Zealand is still not refunding passengers booked on cancelled flights to or from the United States, and is providing misleading information to those seeking a… Read more Audio

The telecommunications sector says a spate of suspected arson attacks on cellphone towers is putting lives at risk.

Fires at towers over the weekend mean there have now been 17 suspected attacks over… Read more Audio

The loosening of restrictions under the shift to Alert Level 2 began last Thursday, but today is a whole new ball game as schools reopen and tens of thousands more people hit the roads, and return to… Read more Audio

New figures obtained by RNZ show the last two years had the highest rates of gun crime and deaths involving firearms for nearly 10 years.

Despite that rise, there hasn't been a corresponding increase… Read more Audio

As up to 800,000 school children head back to school today for the first time in eight weeks, many more parents are also able to return to their offices.

That means many more cars on the roads after… Read more Audio

Teachers and principals are bracing themselves for all manner of reactions when eight-hundred-thousand school children return to class on Monday for the first time in eight weeks.

Some children will… Read more Audio

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

The head of Sport Canterbury hopes a financial recovery package to deal with the impact of Covid-19 will drive a change in the sector's funding model.

Sport and Recreation will get $265 million in… Read more Audio

The Government has earmarked $12 million in this year's budget to bolster security at the Maangere Refugee Resettlement Centre following the Christchurch Mosque attacks.

The Government is also… Read more Audio

This morning the consumer watchdog is lodging a complaint with the Commerce Commission over Air New Zealand's ongoing refusal to refund passengers from all its cancelled US flights.

The airline last… 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