Morning Report

Outbreaks of dysentry, dengue fever and malaria have been reported in parts of Vanuatu devastated by Cyclone Harold.

The cases are in the country's north, where entire villages were flattened by… Read more Audio

Life in lockdown has led many Kiwi to take to the internet for inspiration about keeping active while stuck at home.

Older New Zealanders, however, are less likely to access these resources, and in… Read more Audio

With the lockdown in place and few flights running, aviation security officers have been redeployed to help the police patrol supermarkets and do quarantine and isolation checks.

Officers from… Read more Audio

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

At the beginning of lockdown, family harm reports spiked as women found it harder to escape their abusers.

Police figures comparing the week before the lockdown to the first full week of restricted… Read more Audio

Tourism operators in Whakatāne already struggling in the wake of the deadly Whakaari eruption say the Covid-19 pandemic has forced them to lay-off staff and consider closing down. 

Despite receiving… Read more Audio

Imagining what the New Zealand economy might look like when it staggers out of lockdown is difficult when detailed information on its effects is still being developed.

ANZ's survey of business… Read more Audio

Genetic scientists mapping the spread of Covid-19 say that they have so far found 35 cases that may have led to the outbreak here.

ESR has been analysing virus samples to try to build a comprehensive… Read more Audio

A long held plan to change rules around high-interest loans was accelerated through Parliament yesterday, forming part of a Covid-19 Response bill that becomes law once it is granted Royal Assent.

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GPs are worried that patients are mistakenly deleting text messages about upcoming appointments. Many health services use texts to remind people about scheduled procedures.

But some patients are… Read more Audio

A Contact Tracing Assurance Committee has been set-up to strengthen oversight on what the Health Minister David Clark is describing as a crucial part of the Covid-19 response.

Strategies to ease… Read more Audio

Women at an Auckland prison have been routinely confined to their cells for periods of up to 29 hours at a stretch - well outside a law which says they should get at least one hour out of their cells… Read more Audio