Morning Report

Today about 800,000 children are returning to school for the first time in eight weeks. Most have not been to school since 24 March.

Schools have to maintain strict hygiene with hand sanitiser in… Read more Audio

Shoppers were able to enjoy New Zealand's malls and high streets over the weekend.

But the precarious situation for retailers wasn't helped by a government flip flop on the rules around contact… Read more Audio

Among the many activities people were able to do for the first time at the weekend under level two, was to head to their local farmers market.

The risk of spreading Covid-19 meant they were forced to… Read more Audio

People who look after children who cannot be cared for by their own parents will receive more money from July.

Around 14,000 caregivers look after more than 22,000 children, both inside and outside… Read more Audio

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

The government will spend more than $13 million fixing damage to two of New Zealand's Great Walks, in the hope that the popular tramping routes could re-open for the summer season.

More than 440… Read more Audio

Around the world countries emerging from lockdown are trying to keep track of where their citizens are going, and who they are coming into contact with.

In New Zealand the status of a… Read more Audio

Playcentre families are reeling from a lack of adequate funding in the Budget.

Parents have been posting on the Prime Minister's Facebook page, stressing how upset they are that underfunding could… Read more Audio

Students around the country are flooding back to school today.

Principals are bracing themselves to deal with the many challenges involved - ranging from how to get everyone to school when seats on… Read more Audio

The struggling New Zealand sports sector is receiving a boost in its bid to survive and adapt amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sport and Recreation Minister Grant Robertson announced yesterday $265… Read more Audio

School vans will be leaving in a few minutes to scour Auckland roads for students left behind by public buses.

Macleans College principal Steve Hargreaves is sending out the college's vehicles to… Read more Audio

Teachers and principals are today bracing themselves for the return of up to 800,000 school children.

But after eight weeks away, how smoothly will things go?

Neil Watson of Otahuhu College, Cathy… Read more Audio