Morning Report for Tuesday 28 April 2020

6:07 AM.With country now out of Alert Level 4 and into Level 3, a Bluff restaurant which was at the centre of the country's largest Covid-19 cluster is reopening today.

A wedding at the Southland town's… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.The immigration industry says officials are being hamstrung by the government in their efforts to sort out visa problems.

Immigration New Zealand quickly renewed temporary visas expiring from April… 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

6:38 AM.If you had any doubt level 4 lockdown is over, drive past your local McDonalds.

Long queues are forming outside restaurants as people arrive to order their first fast food meals in more than four… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The National Party says the country's contact tracing of positive Covid-19 cases is still not up to scratch.

It says that the Minister of Health does not have crucial data about potential virus… Read more Audio

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

7:07 AM.Alert Level 3 Covid 19 restrictions have kicked in with health officials confident New Zealand is now in the right place to relax the rules.

Around 400,000 more people are expected to return to work… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.New Zealand has been making international headlines overnight for "eliminating" Covid 19.

A story titled "Coronavirus currently eliminated in NZ" led the BBC website.

Similar stories appeared in the… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Headlines around the globe are touting New Zealand's "elimination" of Covid 19, but experts here are warning it's too early to be talking about elimination, and the public must NOT get complacent.

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7:27 AM.It's business - yes - but not as usual. From today homeware, hardware, retail, restaurants, cafes and garden centres, can all open, along with butchers with bakers, but with strict social distancing… Read more Audio

7:33 AM.Parliament is back today and with it several MPs, including a large chunk of National's caucus.

National will hold a phone conference with the whole caucus at 9am, as the rumbles over Simon Bridges'… Read more Audio

7:42 AM. A Bill enabling the police and foreign security agencies to intercept private cellphone calls during the APEC summit is being amended to stop it from happening .

The Apec summit is set to go ahead… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.For the second consecutive day President Trump's has not held a daily press briefing leading to suggestions the briefings may be curtailed.

That is being denied by White House press secretary… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Alert Level 4 is over - but will level three actually change much in our day to day lives?

Some people are gearing up for a return to work, while others have been salivating at the prospect of their… Read more Audio

8:08 AM.New Zealand is now at Alert Level 3, which which reduces restrictions on businesses and schooling and will see hundreds of thousands more people out and about.

However we're still being asked to stay… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.New Zealand is now at Alert Level 3, which which reduces restrictions on businesses and schooling and will see hundreds of thousands more people out and about.

However we're still being asked to stay… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.New Zealand is now at Alert Level 3, which which reduces restrictions on businesses and schooling and will see hundreds of thousands more people out and about.

However we're still being asked to stay… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.New Zealand is now at Alert Level 3, which which reduces restrictions on businesses and schooling and will see hundreds of thousands more people out and about.

However we're still being asked to stay… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.New Zealand is now at Alert Level 3, which which reduces restrictions on businesses and schooling and will see hundreds of thousands more people out and about.

However we're still being asked to stay… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.New Zealand is now at Alert Level 3, which which reduces restrictions on businesses and schooling and will see hundreds of thousands more people out and about.

However we're still being asked to stay… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.New Zealand is now at Alert Level 3, which which reduces restrictions on businesses and schooling and will see hundreds of thousands more people out and about.

However we're still being asked to stay… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.New Zealand is now at Alert Level 3, which which reduces restrictions on businesses and schooling and will see hundreds of thousands more people out and about.

However we're still being asked to stay… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.New Zealand is now at Alert Level 3, which which reduces restrictions on businesses and schooling and will see hundreds of thousands more people out and about.

However we're still being asked to stay… Read more Audio

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

8:38 AM.Māori health services are concerned that the number of Māori with chronic health conditions contacting their GPs has dropped off since the lockdown. 

They say mixed messaging about whether patients… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.The Cancer Society says 400 people could die from cancer unnecessarily if hospitals don't catch up quickly enough after the lockdown.

Urgent treatment and diagnosis has been happening under level… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.After a period of hibernating over the lockdown period, the housing market could pick up again.

The ability to finalise sales ground to a halt under Alert Level 4 but private property viewings have… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Covid-19 has made it's way across the globe and had an impact on everyone.

The commemoration of the Cave Creek disaster is no exception.

Today marks 25 years since the tragedy which killed 14 people… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Fourteen people died and four were badly injured when they plunged 40 metres into the Cave Creek chasm, near Punakaiki on the West Coast 25 years ago.

The Noble Report into the disaster laid the… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Around 400,000 more people are expected to return to work from today, with many workplaces reopening under strict social distancing requirements.

So what might that look like in practice, and what is… Read more Audio