Morning Report for Monday 30 March 2020

6:16 AM.The county-wide lockdown in Italy looks set to stay in place for some time yet as the death toll from the Coronavirus pandemic surged past 10,000.

The number of confirmed cases in Italy is nearing… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Those over 70 and people with underlying health conditions were the first to feel the brunt of the lockdown, being told to stay home four days before the rest of the country.

Overseas experience has… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.The $5 billion foreign student industry is facing a massive downturn with as many as half of this year's enrolements now in doubt.

Visa figures indicate only 60,000 of the nearly 120,000… Read more Audio

6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Medical staff from Canterbury are heading to the West Coast to help after 21 health workers from Greymouth's hospital had to go into isolation.

They had been treating the 70-year-old woman who… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.New Zealand has 514 cases of Covid-19, with one death and 56 recovered.

Let's look more at the numbers.

University of Auckland Professor Shaun Hendy speaks to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The Easter Trading Laws could be amended to let supermarkets stay open on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, days where they are normally forced to stay closed.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Susie… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.The Director-General of Health is expecting more cases of community transmission to come to light this week.

That's despite a dip in the number of new cases reported yesterday.

Dr Ashley Bloomfield… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.A Wairarapa farmer says heavy rain that fell over the weekend will be a "gamechanger" for the drought-stricken region.

Wairarapa is classified as "extremely dry" and a large-scale adverse event has… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Wairarapa farmers are ecstatic after a bought of heavy rain hit the drought stricken region over the weekend. Local Federated Farmers president William Beetham labelled it a game changer.

The region… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Residents living in the Dunedin suburb of Burnside were warned to stay indoors with their windows shut this morning, after a rubbish fire started to emit toxic fumes.

Fire crews had been battling the… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.Air New Zealand is giving little information out about its eight employees who have tested positive for Covid-19.

The eight work on the airline's long haul fleet and were on flights to Los Angeles or… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.As we head into day five of nationwide lockdown, many people will be struggling with cabin fever, or feeling stressed and anxious about what lies ahead.

Clinical psychologist Karen Nimmo speaks to… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.US President Donald Trump has backtracked on his initial plan to quarantine New York because of the coronavirus.

Over the weekend the President said he might impose a quarantine on New York, and… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Day five of the nationwide lockdown and New Zealanders are starting to adapt to their strange new realities.

We thought we'd try to get a glimpse of home life on a typical suburban New Zealand street… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.People over 70 and those with underlying health conditions were the first to feel the brunt of the lockdown, being told to stay home four days before the rest of the country.

Overseas experience has… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Some police employees who wish to remain in isolation because of the Covid-19 pandemic are being told they'll have to take unpaid leave during the lockdown.

The police are offering special leave to… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.The Chief Victims Adviser to the Government wants everyone to know there is help on hand, even through the lockdown.

Dr Kim McGregor says victims and survivors of family violence and sexual violence… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Price gouging by pharmacies and reluctance to refund cancelled plane tickets are two of the main complaints being handled by Consumer New Zealand since the Covid-19 pandemic began affecting New… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Restrictions are now in place on who can travel in ambulances with sick family members.

St John is bringing in new rules for emergency transport to hospital because of Covid-19.

The move is part of… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.It's become New Zealand's and several other countries' most downloaded app overnight.

Houseparty is the latest viral video sharing service used to fill the gap left by the loss of face-to-face… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Even before coronavirus threw a spanner in everyone's plans, Saunders Shoes in Masterton was destined to shut its doors tomorrow for the final time.

But because it had to close last week, Sally… Read more Audio