Morning Report for Tuesday 25 August 2020

6:07 AM.Warning: This story deals with the fall out from the Christchurch mosque shootings, which may be distressing for some.

The sister of Christchurch terror attack victim Hussein Al-Umari says she is… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.Leaving Auckland at Alert Level 3 for a few more days has got the thumbs up from covid modeller Shaun Hendy who's convinced moving earlier would have seen more clusters of the disease.

The city will… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.The Government's Trade and Enterprise agency has seen a ten fold increase in international inquiries.

Its general manager of investment, Dylan Lawrence, told RNZ reporter Gill Bonnett more than half… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.Auckland Council's Southern Initiative is warning South Auckland people will struggle to retrain and find jobs because they don't have internet connections.

The organisation set up to foster social… 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

6:37 AM.Warning: This story deals with the fall out from the Christchurch mosque shootings, which may be distressing for some.

The mother of Hussein Al-Umari, who died in the Christchurch mosque attack says… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Covered up faces and social distancing looks to be with us for sometime yet.

Auckland is to endure an extra four days of Alert Level 3 - then on Monday the country's biggest city will join the rest… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The Berlin hospital treating the seriously ill Russian opposition leader say it appears he has been poisoned. Alexei Navalny became unwell on an internal flight in Russia on Friday.

Video appeared to… Read more Audio

6:51 AM.Just twelve houses of a promised 200 that are meant to get homeless people in Hastings out of motels have so far been finished.

Hastings has one of the highest rates of people on the housing… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.NZ Rugby expects to make an announcement today on the future of the North South game. Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Warning: This story deals with the fall out and details from from the Christchurch mosque shootings, which may be distressing for some.

Members of the Muslim community have confronted the man who… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.The sentencing of the man behind the Christchurch mosque shootings is continuing.

Christchurch Deputy Mayor Andrew Turner speaks to Susie Ferguson. Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Masks should be compulsory in bars and restaurants - not just on buses and trains - according to a leading public health professor.

From Monday people will have to wear some kind of face covering on… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it could be weeks before the Auckland cluster stops spreading. 

She told Morning Report looking at the country's previous experience working with clusters, where… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.From Monday, tens of thousands of commuters around New Zealand will all need to check something new before they leave home - do they have a mask with them?

While the country is in Alert Level 2 or… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.The pain continues for Auckland business owners, who had hoped the city would shed its Alert Level 3 status tomorrow.

Instead they face at least four more of days of restrictions and that could be… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.President Donald Trump has been formally nominated for election as the Republican Convention gets underway in North Carolina.

Honoring the Great American Story is the theme of the convention which… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.An airline flying to New Zealand is asking passengers to provide a negative test before boarding for some destinations.

Testing before flying has become a political football in NZ, after the National… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The exposure of the widespread culture of abuse in women's gymnastics has resulted in calls for urgent change and Lincoln University's Dr Roslyn Kerr is at the forefront of an action plan. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Warning: This story deals with the fall out of the Christchurch mosque shooting and may be distressing to some people.

"You killed your own humanity and the world won't forgive you" - that was the… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.The Christchurch gunman representing himself in the courtroom this week will still have laywers on standby to support him.

The Law Society says the lawyers should be commended, and not criticised… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Wealthy Americans looking for a safe haven in a turbulent Covid-19 world are flocking to invest in New Zealand - and move their businesses here.

The number of investor visa applications has soared… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.As the world approaches 25 million cases of the coronavirus, many countries that thought they had the pandemic under control, are experiencing fresh surges.

The US and Brazil remain the worst… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Auckland will move down to Covid-19 Alert Level 2 from Monday if there's no significant change in the cluster's growth and trajectory.

That will allow schools, retail and hospitality businesses to… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.It's something most of us take for granted - the ability to just pick up a phone when we need to call a doctor, order a takeaway or just chat to a friend.

But during lockdown, what happens to those… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Just 12 houses of a promised 200 that are meant to get homeless people in Hastings out of motels have so far been finished.

Last year the Government announced a special project for the city to help… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Today marks 100 years since World War I veteran Captain Euan Dickson completed the first flight across the Cook Strait, with bonfires lit in provincial towns to guide his way.

The flight in 1920 from… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.Silver Ferns captain Laura Langman has hung up her international bib, ending a 15-year career with few parallels in netball.

Langman's 163 test caps in the midcourt is a New Zealand record, with her… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.It's the year of 5G, the plandemic and the election, and fake news seems to be everywhere.

Research by the internet watchdog, Netsafe suggests almost one third of New Zealanders have shared fake news… Read more Audio