Morning Report for Tuesday 28 July 2020

6:06 AM.The central pulse coach,Yvette McCausland-Durie will step down at the end of the current ANZ Netball premiership. Read more Audio

6:09 AM.It's a story of trickery, greed and modern day slavery.

Yesterday in the Napier High Court, Joseph Auga Matamata was sentenced to eleven years in jail for human trafficking and slavery, after being… 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. Audio

6:36 AM.The government has moved to reduce exploitation of migrant workers by creating a new visa which doesn't tie them to exploitative employers.

The visa is just one of a raft of measures designed to… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.A white elephant, a waste of money and in the wrong place anyway.

That's the hot take from industry experts on a proposal to spend billions of dollars on a huge hydro scheme at Lake Onslow in the… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.The Central Pulse coach Yvette McCausland-Durie says a desire to spend more time with family is the main reason she's leaving the role at the end of the ANZ Netball Premiership. Audio

7:09 AM.The Labour Party may be forced to accept the National Party's help if it wants to start charging returning New Zealanders to stay in managed isolation hotels.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says a… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.Doubt is being cast whether the Government's $50 million reforms to stop the exploitation of migrant workers will do enough.

There's going to be a new visa, more investigators, and harsher penalties… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.News of the changes to stop the exploitation of migrants comes a day after the sentencing of Joseph Auga Matamata, the first person in New Zealand to be convicted of both human trafficking and… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Disappointing, just a band-aid, missing the point - it seems the government's international student lifeline for the education sector is missing the pass mark.

A $51 million fund has been pledged to… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.Half of GPs in a national survey say they've had patients refuse Covid-19 tests.

The Ministry of Health has been asking GPs and emergency doctors to help it combat a drop off in the number of tests… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Enrol early, vote early and vote close to home - that's the advice the Electoral Commission is giving to ensure voting happens safely at this year's general election.

The Covid-19 precautions the… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.A US senator is defending calling slavery a "necessary evil upon which the union was built".

Republican Senator Tom Cotton from Arkansas is introducing legislation to ban federal funds for a project… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.A medical researcher is surprised at how long it took Medsafe to act against a man who sells a bleach he claims can cure Covid-19.

Police and Medsafe have raided the Hauraki Plains property of Roger… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.It's the $1.2 billion industry you've probably never heard of.

Photonics use light to detect, image and send information.

You've probably heard of fibre optic cable, in fact you may be listening to… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.She's a famous toroa - or northern royal albatross chick - and before she leaves our shores she needs a name.

The baby bird and her parents have been viewed at least 1.6 million times via live stream… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Central Pulse are searching for a new coach after Yvette McCausland-Durie announced she was stepping down from the role at the end of the ANZ Netball Premiership. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Andrew Little says he has spoken to WorkSafe about a public perception it has not been prosecuting enough cases.

Little was speaking to Morning Report in the wake of a family coming forward to share… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The government has thrown the devastated international education sector a $51 million lifeline, but it also warned providers overseas students aren't likely to return before the end of the year.

Some… Read more Audio

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

8:36 AM.A survey of hundreds of parents has found that some started to question their choice of school during the lockdown.

The research looked into parents' experiences of helping children do maths at home… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The High Court has been told the Government decided to amend the lockdown rules when it became clear the public didn't understand them.

A judicial review is underway into whether the Director-General… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Vietnam has been celebrated as a success story of the pandemic, recording just over 400 cases and no deaths in a country of 95 million.

After almost 100 days since its last locally transmitted case… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Two large slips are delaying the re-opening of State Highway 1 through the Mangamuka Gorge in Northland.

The Transport Agency says the slips are causing concern and it wants to take more time to… Read more Audio