Morning Report

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

Countdown has installed temperature scanners at all of its national distribution centres as part of its Covid-19 response.

Those working in processing and distribution could be sent home - and stand… Read more Audio

Vulnerable fast food workers are speaking up about feeling unsafe but are afraid to challenge breaches of Covid-19 rules at their restaurants.

The Government says it hopes workers will speak up, but… Read more Audio

To get the trans-Tasman economies restarted, both the Australian and New Zealand Prime Ministers have said they will consider reopening the borders to form a two country bubble.

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The tourism industry is warning that if travel rules under Alert Level 2 aren't changed, thousands more jobs will be lost.

People are still advised to avoid non-essential inter-regional travel under… Read more Audio

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

The government is being urged to include the Pacific Islands in any proposed trans-Tasman bubble.

The leaders of both New Zealand and Australia have talked up the possibility of axing border… Read more Audio

The British Prime Minister says the United Kingdom has passed the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The UK has recorded the third highest death rate from the coronavirus in the world with over 26,000… Read more Audio

The tourism industry is warning thousands more jobs are at risk if there's no change to travel rules under Alert Level 2.

The country could be at Level 2 in less than a fortnight but under the… Read more Audio