Morning Report

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

Around three quarters of the people seeking welfare support in the Queenstown Lakes district are migrant workers and foreign nationals.

The Emergency Operations Centre led by the Queenstown Lakes… Read more Audio

Courier drivers could be a lot busier next week if the country moves to level three.

The Prime Minister yesterday revealed details of what life would look like at Alert Level 3, including a total… Read more Audio

ACT Leader David Seymour is questioning why the the retail sector will still face such heavy restrictions under Alert Level 3.

The government has outlined what businesses and the public can expect… Read more Audio

Former Labour Cabinet Minister John Tamihere and iwi leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer are the new co-leaders of the Māori Party.

The party has been rebuilding after losing its two MPs at the 2017… Read more Audio

One New Zealander in India is considering turning down the offer of a government charter flight to get his family home because it would put him in too much debt.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters… Read more Audio

A top-level taskforce is now working on a priority list of shovel-ready projects for when the government relaxes lockdown measures.

Submissions to the infrastructure industry reference group closed… Read more Audio

Around 800,000 students are back at school again and yesterday we heard from a Napier teacher about how much she was looking forward to getting back to work.

So we thought we'd check in again this… Read more Audio

A protest camp at Ōwairaka/Mount Albert has been removed because they have been breaching the level 4 lockdown rules. 

Protesters have been occupying the site since November over the planned felling… Read more Audio

Nurses at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland say they're alarmed by a Counties Manukau DHB plan to reuse personal protective equipment.

RNZ has been shown correspondence telling staff to collect old… Read more Audio