Morning Report for Wednesday 1 July 2020

6:06 AM.New Zealand have been awarded the men's and women's World Sevens Series titles after World Rugby cancelled the remainder of the season due to Covid-19. Read more Audio

6:15 AM.A leader of the Christchurch Muslim community and one of those injured in the mosque attacks says support for victims is slowly being withdrawn.

After the massacre, case managers were assigned to the… 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

6:46 AM.The increase today in the taxes on fuel, road user charges and alcohol is being called a tone deaf move.

Many are critical the government's gone ahead with the increases in the midst of the Covid-19… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Prizes worth a million dollars were handed out yesterday afternoon at the virtual Prime Minister's Science Prizes award ceremony.

The Prizes recognise the impact of science on New Zealanders' lives… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.Team New Zealand has again denied allegations against it and event organisers regarding financial and structural matters. Read more Audio

7:09 AM.At least one gang member a day is being charged with firearms offences.

The police are seizing larger numbers of guns than ever before as gang members find new ways to get hold of them. So now the… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Safety concerns over the strength of high viaducts on a $700 million highway being built north of Auckland have triggered two reviews.

The Transport Agency says the investigations dispel worries the… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.The SIS broke into the Indian High Commission for MI6 and the Iranian embassy for the CIA in the late 1980s and early 1990s to photograph code books, plant bugs and steal communications.

The… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.From tonight, stay-at-home orders will kick in for a month in certain hotspots in Melbourne.

The state's Premier has asked that international flights be diverted from Melbourne for the next… Read more Audio

7:31 AM.New Zealand is wrestling with the question of when Trans-Tasman travel might be safe as Victoria fights a growing Covid-19 outbreak.

On Monday National Party leader Todd Muller said it was… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash says he was wrong to point the finger at New Zealand First for delaying plans to rollout cameras on fishing boats.

Newshub last night played an audio recording from… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The government has "called in" an application by Auckland Council to take an extra 200 million litres of water a day from the Waikato River as the city continues to stare down a severe water shortage.

7:56 AM.The Government is funding a scientific dream team to create a 'play-book' of Covid-19 treatment options if the virus makes a comeback here.

The team has been given nearly $1 million to both research… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Team New Zealand have denied allegations against them and event organisers regarding innappropriate use of public money. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.the state of Victoria will tonight re-impose strict lockdown measures in some suburbs of Melbourne to curb the spread of Covid-19.

A 'stay at home' order will begin tonight for suburbs where cases… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.The EU's representative in New Zealand says we won't have to open up to European tourists in order to be able to travel to the EU.

Yesterday we reported New Zealanders will be allowed to enter… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Oranga Tamariki says there has been a major drop in the number of Māori children entering state care in the past year. 

Today marks one year since the Children's Ministry introduced new laws to… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The average amount people owe to the Ministry of Social Development after getting grants or advances to cover basic living costs has doubled in the last five years.

Figures released under the… Read more Audio

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

8:29 AM.American Magic's first AC75, named 'Defiant', has docked in Auckland - it's the first of the America's Cup challengers to arrive ahead of next years event.

It took more than a month for the foiling… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Some doctors are charging for Covid-19 tests despite health officials saying they should be free. There's also confusion about who should be swabbed.

The Ministry of Health changed the testing… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.New research into domestic violence shows by removing the perpetrator rather than victims from the home and offering them housing and counselling, almost 60 percent didn't re-offend.

Massey… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.China has passed a controversial security law that extends its security powers in Hong Kong.

It is set to criminalise secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces, but will also… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.Three works by elusive guerilla artist Banksy have sold for world record prices dollars at an auction in Auckland.

One picture, a play on Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Cans, fetched $52,000.

All up… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Global coffee sales are set to plunge this year, due to the impact of Covid-19.

A new Rabobank report predicts the demand for beans will drop worldwide by over 1 million bags of coffee and cafes will… Read more Audio