Morning Report

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

A group of doctors has launched a petition urging the Government to raise the coronavirus alert level to its maximum of level four.

They say the Government has under-reacted to the threat by keeping… Read more Audio

As Cabinet ministers grapple to get a hold of the rapidly developing Covid-19 crisis, they will meet in a new way this morning - with half dialling in via video-conference to limit their physical… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

The death toll has risen in the UK to 281 and there are now 5700 cases. 

The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has just made the announcement. 

London correspondent Vincent McAvinney speaks to Corin… Read more Audio

Fear is growing among healthcare workers who say hospitals have been stretched for months.

A nurse at Wellington Hospital, Katrina Hopkinson says as the Covid crisis escalates, front line staff… Read more Audio

An Auckland secondary school is to close for three days because a staff member has tested positive for Covid-19.

Marist College in Mt Albert has been contacting parents this evening to let them know… Read more Audio

AFL's attempt to forge on with the Aussie Rules season despite the coronavirus outbreak lasted just one round before it was shut down in the wake of the Australian government's crackdown on… Read more Audio

A Wairarapa gin distillery is trialling the production of hand sanitiser.

The rapid spread of Covid-19 has people clearing out shelves of hand sanitiser across the country and places like the… Read more Audio

It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio