Morning Report

The Government is moving to identify shovel-ready infrastructure projects that can get started when the national lockdown ends.

A group of executive-level industry leaders have been brought together… Read more Audio

New Zealanders have hit pause on the property market while the Level Four lockdown is in force but figures out today suggest people hoping to sell their houses when the restrictions are lifted still… Read more Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

New Zealander Jesse Stevens and his wife are now into day 18 of their lockdown in Spain. Spain is one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus.

The country now has 95,000 confirmed cases, the… Read more Audio

Front-line health workers are asking, why there is a priority list for who gets protective gear like masks if there is no shortage.

District Health Boards have put in a system where parts of the… Read more Audio

A Palmerston North mother says it was daunting and emotional having to give birth at hospital with no whānau support. 

Under alert level four, most hospitals are allowing only one person to attend a… Read more Audio

A doctor given the task of scouring overheated global markets to find desperately needed ventilators for the coronavirus pandemic is now feeling relieved and happy.

Dr Andrew Stapleton says New… Read more Audio

Despite being physically isolated from friends or family during the lockdown, people are still finding ways to stay connected.

Families are having frequent video calls using things like Skype or… Read more Audio

Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust has set up a drive-in covid testing centre in west Auckland. 

Since Monday, they've been welcoming anyone with flu-like symptoms to come along for testing, even if they… Read more Audio

New Zealand is continuing to ramp up it's capability for testing for Covid-19 in the hopes of sniffing out any chains of community transmission during the lockdown.

Meanwhile, government adviser and… Read more Audio

Front-line health workers say they are pleased people displaying symptoms of Covid 19 - regardless of their travel history - can now be tested for the virus.

Many are still calling for the Ministry… Read more Audio

Parliament's Epidemic Response Committee met for the first time yesterday and are meeting again today to scrutinise the government's handling of Covid 19.

National Party leader Simon Bridges chairs… Read more Audio