Morning Report for Friday 19 June 2020

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

8:52 AM.As the world marks the inaugural World Albatross Day - not all is going well for the birds.

Forest and Bird say four very endangered Antipodean albatross were killed when accidentally caught up by a… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Professional netball is back with the resumption of the ANZ Premiership in Auckland tonight.

The 10-week elite domestic league becomes the first professional women's sporting competition in the… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.A Canterbury farming couple has set up a lucrative side business after being frustrated at the lack of merino jersey options for their children's school uniforms.

Carl and Tori Uren produce… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.A plan to build up to 700 homes in part of a quiet Nelson valley has stunned local residents.

News of the proposed Mahitahi/Bayview development first emerged a couple of weeks ago.

Conservation… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.A gun register may be delayed for three years but Gun Control New Zealand is still claiming it as a victory.

New legislation passed yesterday paving the way for the register and a warning system to… Read more Audio

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

8:28 AM.Professional netball is back with the resumption of the ANZ Premiership in Auckland tonight.

Friends and family of the players are the only ones allowed in to watch court-side at the Auckland Netball… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Otago will face the biggest economic struggle of any region in the post-pandemic recovery.

Westpac's latest roundup of the economic outlook for the regions has found all regions will experience a… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.The Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has apologised for the quarantine control fiasco of recent days and says he is committed to ensuring the border is watertight.

With a global pandemic… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Over 1000 seasonal workers from Vanuatu stranded in New Zealand will finally return home this week, with the first flight departing Christchurch this morning.

The repatriation flights are thanks to a… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Today marks the inaugural World Albatross Day.

While it is a day of celebration for the species, not all is well for the birds.

RNZ Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown headed out to the world's… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Former national security advisor John Bolton's memoir has sent shock waves through US politics as the former aide alleges President Trump isn't "fit for office".

The Trump administration will go to… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.The extent of the economic hit from Covid 19 is starting to be come clear.

GDP figures for the first three months of the year are worse than expected with the economy shrinking for the first time in… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.In its latest regional roundup, Westpac says the Covid-19 pandemic will be a great leveller, with no region coming out unscathed.

Every region in the country is forecast to be heading for a deep… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The future of a Trans-Tasman bubble is under threat.

Australia's Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham has warned that his country's border will most likely be locked down until 2021.

The infection… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.The man now in charge of the isolation and quarantine system has declined to be interviewed on Morning Report.

Air Commodore Digby Webb is expected to hold a news conference later today.

Defence… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.A woman who arrived in the country on the same flight as a man who now has Covid-19 had to badger health staff before they would test her.

The test eventually happened yesterday - five days after her… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.A powerful offshore earthquake has been felt throughout the North Island and parts of the South, but there is no tsunami threat.

The magnitude 7.4 jolt struck about ten to one this morning, south of… Read more Audio

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

6:50 AM.Professional netball is back with the resumption of the ANZ Premiership in Auckland tonight.

The 10-week elite domestic league becomes the first professional women's sporting competition in the… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.CT and T - the new release - out today - from rising star in the New Zealand hip-hop scene Diggy Dupé.

It's the second single of his forthcoming solo album explores his life as a young Niuean New… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.The Health Minister says he relied on assurances from Ministry officials that routine testing of people in managed isolation and quarantine was taking place.

David Clark has been under fire this… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.A woman who arrived in the country on the same flight as a man who now has Covid-19 had to badger health staff before they would test her.

The man, in his 60s, arrived from Melbourne on 13 June and… Read more Audio

6:38 AM.As you slept last night a powerful offshore earthquake struck north of New Zealand.

Felt throughout the North Island and parts of the South island, the magnitude 7.4 jolt struck about ten to one this… Read more Audio

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

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

6:10 AM.The number of people  looking for work in Taranaki has jumped 25.6 percent since just before the Covid-19 lockdown to total more than 9700 on 5 June - with Māori and people under the age of 30 the… Read more Audio