Morning Report

An economist who first warned the government of the potential severity of the coronavirus crisis in mid-February says the country could be at Alert Level 2 within weeks.

Rodney Jones of Wigram… Read more Audio

The Council of Trade Unions says with more unemployment looming, Work and Income rules on benefits for people in relationships need to be scrapped.

Job seeker benefits can be cut to nothing depending… Read more Audio

Medical staff at Burwood Hospital have only just been given access to the highest level of face masks and visors - despite caring for the most Covid-19 cases of any hospital.

Six people from the… Read more Audio

A top pandemic advisor to the Government says the data around contact tracing is still weak, just five days before the Government will decide whether to ease the lockdown.

Physics professor Shaun… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

Businesses on the South Island's West Coast are agitating for permission to reopen early, because their region has had only five cases of Covid-19.

The Government will say today what Alert Level 2… Read more Audio

The move by Pacific island countries to seal themselves off from the outside world is being heralded as largely successful, with some countries now easing their internal lockdowns.

But in the… Read more Audio

For many people in the far south, isolation at home has come with a new challenge - autumn's first big dusting of snow.

NIWA forecaster Chris Brandolino say we are experiencing a "short, sharp cold… Read more Audio

Dog attacks have spiked during lockdown with more people out walking their pets and exercising during the day.

Animal behaviour experts suggest dogs could be picking up on their owners' heightened… Read more Audio