Morning Report for Thursday 8 October 2020

6:12 AM.The number of complaints made by workers about their employers has increased by more than a thousand percent since last year.

The data - obtained by RNZ from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.A social worker has described the impact a cannabis conviction can have, including leading people to the brink of losing their home.

Kerry Howe got a cannabis conviction, her only conviction, 27… Read more Audio

6:37 AM.A 200-year-old bible is among the treasured personal possessions lost by one Lake Ōhau family when Sunday's fire ravaged their home..

The fire has burned more than 5500 hectares in the McKenzie… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.The quarry industry is forecasting doom and major expansion plans have already been knocked back under new tighter wetlands rules.

The Fresh Water National Policy Statement introduces a new… Read more Audio

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

7:08 AM.Auckland businesses are placing high hopes on the move to Alert Level 1 after being hit hard by a second lockdown.

With restrictions on social gatherings, physical distancing and face coverings now… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Auckland is back at Alert Level 1 after weeks of restrictions due to an outbreak of Covid-19.

Reporter Jordan Bond is at Britomart to see how busy things are.

He speaks to Susie Ferguson. Read more Audio

7:15 AM.More than 6000 complaints about employers have been lodged with the Government since the start of March.

That's more than ten times as many as during the same seven-month period last year.

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7:18 AM.RNZ and Stuff go to court today to try to reveal the identities of two people charged by the Serious Fraud Office after the agency's investigation into the New Zealand First Foundation.

Two people… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Health Minister Chris Hipkins says the Government is looking at countries that Kiwis would be able to travel to despite the ongoing pandemic, without having to isolate on return.

Hipkins told Morning… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.A woman who has extreme nosebleeds is being refused the option of a Covid-19 throat swab in managed isolation - and is being labelled a test dodger by those in charge.

Karolina Jordan is in her… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.President Trump remains contagious with Covid-19 but with his chief of staff Mark Meadows telling reporters Trump is eager to return to work at the Oval Office today.

It's been nearly a week of… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.After 57 days under tight Covid-19 restrictions Aucklanders are getting used to life back at Alert Level 1.

The last people from the Auckland outbreak have recovered from the virus but the source of… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.Disclosing historical minor cannabis convictions has led some people to the brink of losing their homes.

Others have missed out on jobs, have problems travelling overseas, or been the subject of over… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.The four-test Bledisloe Cup will defy the pandemic to kick off this Sunday in Wellington, with a match at Eden Park to follow a week later.

The last two tests will be played in Australia before the… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.A huge Auckland quarry's attempt to expand has been knocked back under new wetland rules that both industry and conservationists describe as a threat.

Quarries say the rules will have a chilling… Read more Audio

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

8:30 AM.Our closest planetary neighbour has come to say hello.

For the next few weeks Mars is closer to Earth than usual and it'll be at its brightest when "in opposition" on 14 October, meaning when it's… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Schools and early childhood centres have had very different experiences in the three years of Labour-New Zealand First government.

Schools have been the focus of a flurry of changes and increased… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.A group of sixteen year olds have been rebuffed by the High Court in their bid to gain the right to vote.

The Make it Sixteen group argued that the voting age was unjustified discrimination on the… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.US president Donald Trump is back at the White House after his brief hospital stay, but continues to be treated for Covid-19.

Among his medicines, he is being given the intravenous antiviral drug… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.A generational divide, views on Christianity and access to trusted information are all factors influencing how members of Pacific community will vote in the End of Life referendum.

It's a referendum… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.A steady stream of potential buyers - along with the merely curious - have taken advantage of the first advertised open homes for Kiwibuild properties in the New Plymouth suburb of Marfell.

The first… Read more Audio