Morning Report for Monday 5 October 2020

6:10 AM.Farmers say the devastating fire ravaging through the South Island's Lake Ohau, has been a disaster waiting to happen.

A wildfire roared through Lake Ohau village early yesterday morning, spreading… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.A burger bar owner in Auckland says he doesn't know how he'll pay thousands of dollars in rent arrears to his landlord.

Today, the government decides whether the city moves to Alert Level 1 at… 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.Farmers say the devastating fire ravaging through the South Island's Lake Ohau, has been a disaster waiting to happen.

A wildfire roared through Lake Ohau village early yesterday morning, spreading… Read more Audio

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

7:08 AM.Farmers say the devastating fire ravaging through the South Island's Lake Ohau, has been a disaster waiting to happen.

At least 20 homes have been destroyed and more than 90 residents evacuated from… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.A devastating fire has broken out at the South Island's Lake Ohau.

The wildfire roared through Lake Ohau village early yesterday morning, spreading across more then 1600 hectares of conservation… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.The Minister of Civil Defence Peeni Henare landed in the fire-devastated Mackenzie District on Sunday evening.

He's been talking to the District Mayors and the Fire Service about the damage to the… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Donald Trump's doctors say the president's condition has "continued to improve" since the last medical update and he could be discharged from hospital as soon as tomorrow.

Speaking outside the Walter… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.Today the government decides whether Auckland moves to Alert Level 1 from 11.59pm on Wednesday.

It has already agreed, in principle, to move the city down to Level 1.

Ten days have passed since the… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.New Zealanders started heading to polling booths with the start of early voting on Saturday - including a good number of political leaders.

The Electoral Commission expects record numbers to cast… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The Māori Party is pinning its hopes on candidate Debbie Ngarewa Packer as its best chance of returning to Parliament.

While she's polling behind Labour's Adrian Rurawhe in Te Tai Hauāuru, a third of… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Air and ground crews continue to fight a huge wildfire in Canterbury's Mackenzie Country.

The fire service says more than 1600 hectares have been burnt.

Four crews have spent the night trying to… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.As Canterbury battled fires, a day of constant rain left parts of Southland flooded yesterday.

At one point the region's roads were so swamped that contractors were running out of signs to mark… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Fifty schools have changed their minds on the government's school donation scheme.

Forty-five eligible schools are opting into the scheme for the first time next year and five are leaving it.

The… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The men accused of historical sexual offending at the boys boarding school Dilworth boys' boarding school in Auckland are due to start appearing in court today.

Seven men have been charged so far… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The White Ferns will still be trying to draw on the experience of Suzie Bates in today's second ODI against Australia in Brisbane. The experienced top order batter will miss the rest of the series… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Cabinet meets to consider whether Auckland should join the rest of the country in Alert Level 1 on Monday afternoon. The city seems to have crushed the cluster that saw it thrown into a second… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.The Government is expected to announce Auckland's return to Level 1, but is the city ready?

Epidemiologist Michael Baker says it's been two weeks since the last case in the community, and there's a… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.Labour is asking voters to back its long term plan to reform the justice system.

In 2017 it promised change to break the cycle of offending and tackle the root causes of crime.

It set the target of… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.It's two weeks from the election and party leaders can be seen left, right and centre trying to attract the attention of voters. But many have already made up their minds, forming queues outside… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Around 90 people were forced to sleep away from their homes last night after the fires at Lake Ohau in Canterbury that forced them out.

Among them was B&B owner Hugh Spiers, whose business has been… Read more Audio

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

8:42 AM.Cannabis campaigners say fewer Maori will get a criminal record if cannabis is legalised - but there are concerns police bias may still come into play.

Justice advocacy group JustSpeak commissioned… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.What began as a simple sore toe two years ago has left a Northland woman asking doctors to cut off her leg due to the intense pain she's in every day.

Suzanne Insley claims her repeated requests for… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Leaked documents show a cash-strapped Auckland trust for the disabled paid senior staff bonuses to manage its closure and wants to reopen with a focus on private clients.

Until its closure last… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Triathlete Hayden Wilde is attempting to break one of the longest standing records in New Zealand's athletics history.

This Saturday at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland Wilde will try to better the… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed dozens of well-preserved and sealed wooden coffins in a necropolis south of Cairo.

The 59 sarcophagi are believed to have been buried more than 2,500 years ago.