Morning Report for Wednesday 29 July 2020

6:10 AM.The head of Germany's public health agency says peoples' "negligence" is to blame for a worrying rise in coronavirus cases in the country.

Germany has seen a surge in new cases over the last week… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.The Employment Relations Authority is being accused of dragging its heels over making plans to prevent a backlog of cases building up.

Advocates who assist workers bring their complaints 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

6:39 AM.A Hong Kong-New Zealander is fearful of surveillance by Communist Party members in New Zealand as tensions between China and western nations increase.

Speaking anonymously, she's thrilled New Zealand… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.A decision on whether New Zealanders arriving here will be charged for the two weeks they must spend in managed isolation is expected soon.

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the negotiations… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.A Hong Konger in New Zealand is fearful of a campaign of harassment against activists here, as the tension between China and the west escalates.

New Zealand has suspended its extradition treaty with… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.New Zealand has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in response to China's new national security law for the territory, saying the territory's judicial system is now not independent enough… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Anti-abortion groups and some National MPs say the new abortion law is so ill-defined it allows women to end pregnancies right up to birth but the Justice Minister Andrew Little says anyone who… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.A furious Kiwibank customer wants to know why he was sent someone else's statement and what has happened to his.

Dave Lesperance got a nasty surprise when he got an email yesterday that was supposed… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Almost into the third week of her National Party leadership and Judith Collins is pushing back on poll results.

The latest Newshub-Reid Research poll showed National plummeting to just 25.1 percent… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.China is accusing New Zealand of gross interference in its internal affairs after the suspension of an extradition treaty.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced the suspension in response to… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The case of the South Korean traveller who tested positive for coronavirus after travelling from New Zealand begs the question - are we prepared for community transmission?

Some health experts want… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.New Zealand has decided to suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced the decision yesterday in response to China passing a national security law at the… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.A woman who calls herself a spirit medium and healer is claiming a Bluetooth device she sells can digitally send people vitamins and amino acids. 

A physicist says people are being fooled if they… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.A woman who calls herself a spirit medium and healer is claiming a Bluetooth device she sells can digitally send people vitamins and amino acids. 

Jeanette Wilson also says the 'Healy' device, and… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Employment advocates are warning of significant delays for people who are going to the Employment Relations Authority to have their disputes resolved.

The Authority or ERA intervenes when an issue… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.A truck driver lobby group is unhappy with how an investigation into a crash that killed two young boys has been handled.

WorkSafe took nine months to begin an investigation into the March 2018… Read more Audio

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

8:29 AM.Lockdown saw young Māori students battle with unequal access to digital technology, stymying their efforts as learning went online. 

That's from a new report, that also praises the way iwi stepped in… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.The fast pace and intensity of Super Rugby Aotearoa is a large part of the competition's appeal.

With the number of injuries mounting, how far should players be pushed?

Rob Nichol is Executive… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.The High Court has been told the Director-General of Health did have the legal right to issue a blanket closure of businesses under Alert Level 4.

Lawyer Andrew Borrowdale is taking a judicial review… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Were it not for the pandemic, the luminaries of the science fiction world would have been jetting in to Wellington for the World Science Fiction Convention, which kicks off today - albeit online.

The… Read more Audio