Morning Report

The Tokyo Olympic Games are being postponed.

The games were due to begin on 24 July will now take place no later than next year's northern hemisphere summer.

The delay, the first ever in peacetime… Read more Audio

Parliament is being suspended for almost five weeks after urgent business is dealt with today.

A new cross-party committee has been set up to allow for continued scrutiny of the government's Covid-19… Read more Audio

Hospitals and medical centres could face a shortage of doctors and nurses tomorrow.

That's the warning of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists which says there hasn't been enough time for… Read more Audio

The Council of Trade Unions is accusing some employers of bad behaviour in the face of the Covid-19 crisis.

One of the complaints is that employers are compelling staff to use sick leave or annual… Read more Audio

The clock is ticking, in just under seventeen hours, the country will be in a coronavirus lockdown.

Everything will be shut and everyone will be stuck in their homes - unless they're involved in an… Read more Audio

The New Zealand Olympic Committee says the decision to postpone the Tokyo Games to next year gives athletes the certainty they need during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more Audio

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

There's concern some small businesses will decide they might as well go out of business, despite the government launching more measures to help them survive the impacts of Covid-19.

Yesterday Finance… Read more Audio

Parliament will urgently convene one last time this afternoon to put the country in a State of Emergency before shutting up shop over the four-week lockdown.

MPs will then head into self-isolation -… Read more Audio

Jesse Stevens is a New Zealander in a suburb of Barcelona and has been in lockdown for 10 days.

The government has recently extended the lockdown there until April 12.

He speaks to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio