Morning Report

Business owners preparing for life under Alert Level 3 have been frantically renovating store fronts, building online stores and creating new ways to interact with customers.

Cabinet ministers will… Read more Audio

The Teaching Council says it should be up to principals to decide how many students can go back to school once the country moves to Alert Level 3.

It says each school is different and will need to… Read more Audio

The government's decision to keep the oldest secondary students home from school when Alert Level 3 begins has some secondary principals worrying about their most vulnerable students.

They warn that… Read more Audio

The Green Party wants the government to commit to a ten-year plan to make high-speed intercity train travel a reality.

It's envisaging new electric passenger and freight services that ultimately… Read more Audio

The investment network supporting New Zealand start-up and growth companies is pulling together to help fledging companies survive the Covid-19 crisis.

Investors looking to back the next big thing in… Read more Audio

An estimated 30,000 people have had their surgery delayed or deferred because of the Covid-19 lockdown.

While many of those are classed as elective, the conditions can still be very serious, with… Read more Audio

Demonstrations have continued in several US states as protesters demand an early end to the coronavirus lockdown.

President Donald Trump said some businesses would reopen in Texas and Vermont today.

As New Zealand prepares for a potential drop in lockdown to Level 3 this week, some people think it is too soon to be relaxing the standard.

Almost a month has passed since the country hunkered down… Read more Audio

Modelling on the way coronavirus spreads and how different actions could change that is one the key pieces of information Cabinet will consider when deciding whether to drop the country to Alert Level… Read more Audio

Jacinda Ardern will announce if we are to head into Alert level 3 from Thursday at the weekly post-Cabinet media conference today.

Central to that decision is the efficiency of contact tracing… Read more Audio

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

As many as 30,000 people have missed out on operations because of the lockdown.

Public hospitals stopped a lot of their non-life threatening surgery as they prepared for a possible wave of Covid-19… Read more Audio