Morning Report for Tuesday 27 October 2020

8:56 AM.Where in New Zealand can the best view be found?

According to the team at Macular Degeneration New Zealand it's the Hooker Lake in Canterbury.

A competition to raise awareness of the disease which… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.Government agencies are encouraging every foreign student in the country to stay here for the summer.

The campaign by Education New Zealand and other organisations is part tourism promotion and part… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.A Napier chef has been forced to reduce his restaurant's opening hours because he can't find enough staff.

Despite doing a roaring trade seven nights a week since Covid-19 restrictions eased, he… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The one day old baby that was attacked by a dog on Sunday died in hospital overnight.

Emergency services were alerted to the incident in the suburb of Enderly at about 7pm on Sunday.

The baby was… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.West Coasters are worried their rivers may be closed to whitebaiting as part of a proposal about to go to the incoming Minister of Conservation.

New research sent to the Department of Conservation… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.After 12 weeks in lockdown, those living in Melbourne are about to get their first real taste of freedom.

Premier Daniel Andrews announced restrictions will ease across the state of Victoria tonight… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.This morning NASA confirmed it had discovered water molecules on sunlit parts of the moon, suggesting water could be spread across the lunar surface and not just limited to the lunar poles.

Philippa… Read more Audio

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

8:26 AM.A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist is appealing to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for a lifeline for young Hong Kongers at risk from a new security law in the city.

Nathan Law, one of the leading Hong… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Labour and the Greens are meeting again today to thrash out areas they can cooperate on in government.

With Labour holding an election night majority the Greens aren't needed in a formal coalition… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.A former board of trustees chair of Christchurch Girls' High School says the ministry wasted millions of dollars over the school rebuild and was obstructive and misleading. A Wellington principal, who… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.The number of people tested for Covid-19 over the weekend is being seen as an encouraging sign that people are taking the virus seriously.

Latest Ministry of Health figures show just around 8500… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The All Blacks lock Sam Whitelock has to get through full contact training today if he's to be available for Saturday's third Bledisloe Cup test in Sydney.

Whitelock missed the second test at Eden… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.New Zealand's Scott Dixon has clinched his sixth IndyCar championship and his mum couldn't be happier.

It is Dixon's second championship in three years to go with the titles he won in 2003, 2008… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Taonga stolen during the invasion of Parihaka remain in vaults and on mantlepieces of Nelson homes.

About 200 of the 1600 constabulary and volunteers who destroyed the unarmed Taranaki township 139… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.It's been a devastatingly bad Labour Day weekend with the road toll, counted until 6am Tuesday, reaching six.

Last Labour Day weekend, only one person died on the roads.

Acting Superintendent Gini… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.International music artists are creeping back onto summer festival line-ups, after getting border exceptions to visit the country.

The musicians have decided that two weeks in isolation is worth it… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.The National Party caucus will assemble on Wednesday to discuss how to be an effective opposition and plot its path to regain control of the front benches in 2023.

The leader of the National Party is… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.A week out from the United States election and a senior aide to president Donald Trump has conceded that the country is "not going to control the pandemic".

In a stark admission, White House chief of… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.After three months in strict lockdown, Melbourne is about to take the first big step towards freedom.

Premier Daniel Andrews revealed on Monday that the city will move to 'Step 3' - similar to New… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.A police officer has been shot at early this morning in Northland.

The officer was uninjured but the police are still trying to find the offenders.

Reporter Ben Strang speaks to Susie Ferguson. Read more Audio

7:26 AM.A final confirmation vote on President Donald Trump's choice for the vacant seat in the US Supreme Court is set to take place this afternoon.

Amy Coney Barrett looks certain to take up the lifetime… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.The dairy industry says despite a big push to try and attract locals, it's still hundreds of staff short this season.

The closure of New Zealand's borders to foreign nationals has hard hit many… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Manned space travel has just got a bit easier, with NASA saying they've found more water than previously thought existed on the Moon.

On Monday morning NASA confirmed it had discovered water… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.One of the many crashes this weekend involved at least a dozen people who were injured in a three-car smash on State Highway 5, northeast of Taupō.

The stretch of road has been described by police as… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The Ministry of Education went against expert advice at a quake-damaged Christchurch school, hit spiralling costs, and was obstructive and misleading, documents show.

The ministry criticised the… Read more Audio

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

6:38 AM.A school leader says the Ministry of Education of wasted millions of taxpayer dollars over years of earthquake repairs, and was obstructive and misleading.

The building budget at Christchurch Girls… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:16 AM.A new Department of Conservation study shows there are 35,000 unexplained deaths, in the past eleven years, of the already critical antipodean albatross.

Conservationists blame the deaths on the… Read more Audio