Morning Report for Monday 20 July 2020

6:17 AM.New Zealand First is sticking to the tried and true as it fights for its survival at this year's election.

The new campaign slogan is 'Back Your Future', which was announced at the party's convention… 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.More police, less immigration - the New Zealand First campaign launch at the weekend had a familiar ring.

The party position on immigration is that no more than 15,000 highly skilled workers come… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.Northland begins the week battered and bruised after a gruelling few days of torrential rain.

The downpours damaged homes and businesses across the region and many farms were still recovering from… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.As the flood waters recede in Northland the full extent of the damage from the weekend's deluge is becoming clear.

After months of near-crippling drought more than 200 millimetres of rain fell over… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.New Zealand First is sticking to the tried and true as it fights for its survival at this year's election.

The new campaign slogan is 'Back Your Future', which screamed more 'Back to the Future' when… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Floodwaters have begun receeding and the clean-up has begun in Northland after a one-in-500-year rain event during weekend.

The storm rendered parts of the region inaccessible, and the scale of the… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.A new volcano warning system - which would have alerted people to the Whakaari/White Island eruption sixteen hours before it happened - is ready to be put to use.

The warning system, developed by a… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.In the US, President Donald Trump has been directly challenged during a television interview as he repeated falsehoods about Joe Biden, his rival in this November's Presidential election and his own… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.A kuia who was assaulted while working at a BP station in Christchurch still finds it hard to leave the safety of her house two months after the violent attack.

Maia Tirikatene, 67, was working a… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Northland wasn't the only area to do battle with heavy rain over the weekend. Gisborne and the East Coast were also drenched.

While river levels are dropping, there's more rain on the way.

At Tolaga… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Hundreds of people are enrolling in tertiary study because they cannot find jobs in the pandemic-affected economy.

Victoria University and Manukau Institute of Technology have confirmed big jumps in… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Cabinet will discuss whether or not to charge returning New Zealanders for quarantine today but a final decision on any payment is unlikely.

The National Party says if it wins election in September… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.The decision by police not to charge a woman who hurled racial abuse and physically assaulted a Maori woman at Owairaka/Mount Albert is being described as racist and will be legally challenged.

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8:10 AM.Northland will get a full look at the damage today after suffering what MetService described as a once-in-500-year storm.

After months of near-crippling drought more than 200 millimetres of rain fell… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Northlanders are looking at a major clean-up effort this week, in the wake of massive rainfall since Friday.

The full extent of damage won't be known for days but the one-in-500-year rain event has… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.A new volcano warning system - which would have alerted people to the Whakaari / White Island eruption sixteen hours before it happened - is ready to be put to use.

The warning system, developed by a… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.More queues are expected in Melbourne this morning as residents race to the shop to get masks.

From midnight on Wednesday, those living in Melbourne will be required to wear a face covering in public… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Businesses around the country filled their coffers over the past two weeks.

With the school holidays over, many are worried it won't be enough to keep them afloat during the economic downturn.

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

8:38 AM.The government is expected to firm up its plans to make returning New Zealanders pay part of their isolation costs soon.

Yesterday, the National Party announced it would charge adults $3000 toward… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.The speed limit on most streets in central Wellington dropped from 50 to 30 kilometres an hour yesterday.

It's thought that new limit will make the city safer for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.A park is planned along the banks of Marlborough's Wairau River, and if the proposal goes ahead, will be the first of its kind in the region.

The Wairau is one of the South Island's most intensely… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Buckingham Palace has revealed the first official photographs from the wedding of Princess Beatrice and Italian Count Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.

The secret ceremony took place at Windsor's Royal Chapel… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The Hurricanes will try to savour their dramatic win over the Blues in Super Rugby Aotearoa, while the Chiefs will be ruing a second half from hell that saw them lose a 24-7 halftime lead to the… Read more Audio