Morning Report for Monday 29 June 2020

8:56 AM.This weekend New Zealanders with an eagle eye took to their gardens for the Annual Garden Bird Survey.

Running this week until the third of July, this citizen science project asks locals to spend an… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Just over 5000 skiers took to the slopes this weekend for the opening of the Queenstown ski fields.

Cardrona Alpine Resort is forecasting numbers down by almost half from normal this year but spirits… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Universities and polytechnics are using artificial intelligence and students' personal information to spot those at risk of dropping out.

It might sound like Big Brother, but it's part of a national… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Stormy weather over the weekend left many Aucklanders running for cover but the downpour was a ray of hope for Watercare.

The upper North Island was hit by a barrage of wind, rain and even tornadoes… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:30 AM.The Green's new Poverty Action Plan has been criticised by the National Party, who believe the initiative will hurt small Kiwi businesses.

National Party Finance Spokesman, Paul Goldsmith, speaks to… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Regional Economic Development minister Shane Jones hopes $14 million for a new visitor centre at Parihaka will allow the historic Taranaki settlement to become the iconic site it always deserved to… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.National Party health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says he stands by his decision to go public with a story of a homeless man sneaking into a managed isolation facility.

The Ministry of Health has… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.Cabinet will today discuss whether people arriving in New Zealand should cover some of the cost of their stay in managed isolation.

Officials are also considering keeping a tighter leash on new… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Muslim community leaders are calling for the interview of the Christchurch mosque gunman to be made public as part of the final report of the Royal Commission into the attacks.

The convicted killer… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Former All Black Eroni Clarke wants New Zealand Rugby to be the "guiding light" in connecting Pacific communities with the country's national game. Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A sperm whale that was stranded off Timaru's Caroline Bay managed to swim away last night after a day of frantic rescue efforts.

Daren Grover from the whale rescue group Project Jonah is one of those… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.The ACT Party has ranked a prominent gun rights advocate at number three in their new party list.

Nicola McKee has been the face of the Council of Licensed Firearms Owners and strongly opposes… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.The Green Party is pledging to transform a welfare system it calls outdated, unfair and unliveable by introducing a guaranteed minimum income.

It would ensure a payment of at least $325 a week for… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The Rolling Stones song 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' was picked to play at Donald Trump's campaign rally last week in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Now the Stones have warned Trump he could face legal… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand's managed isolation and quarantine system can continue to keep Covid-19 out of the NZ community, after a review found it was under "extreme stress".

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7:23 AM.Worldwide there's now been more than 10 million Covid-19 cases with close to five hundred thousand deaths.

A quarter of those cases - about 2.5 million - have been in the United States, with Florida… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.The historical Taranaki settlement of Parihaka will receive up to $14 million for a new visitor centre, a new bridge and a new carpark that the government hopes will boost the local economy and… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Cabinet will discuss today whether travellers should pay for a portion of the cost of mandatory isolation.

The decision follows a review of quarantine and managed isolation which found serious… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The Royal Commission into the Attack on the Christchurch Mosques has revealed it has interviewed the man who shot 51 people dead at the Al Noor and Linwood mosques last year.

Brenton Tarrant's guilty… Read more Audio

6:54 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

6:48 AM.A Southland teenager will today be sentenced for the murder of a nine-year-old boy in the small settlement of Otautau - about 40 kilometres northwest of Invercargill.

The rural town of about 800… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.New research shows the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown has been tough on the mental wellbeing of Asian New Zealanders.

The study commissioned by the charity Asian Family Services, has found… Read more Audio

6:38 AM.The Royal Commission into the Attack on the Christchurch Mosques has revealed it has interviewed the man who shot 51 people dead at Al Noor and Linwood mosques last year.

Brenton Tarrant's guilty… Read more Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:23 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

6:19 AM.Work is underway to build Wairarapa's first ever carving school, and the man leading the project can't wait to revive the art of whakairo among the region's young people.

The Pukaha National Wildlife… Read more Audio