Morning Report for Monday 2 November 2020

6:04 AM.The Silver Ferns' beat England 62-47 in the third and final test in Hamilton last night to seal a series clean sweep, but coach Dame Noeline Taurua is already looking to the future. Read more Audio

6:16 AM.German residents are preparing for four weeks indoors in a national lockdown that begins today.

On Saturday, the country hit a record 19,059 new cases in 24 hours, and another 103 deaths.

In… Read more Audio

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

6:21 AM.Funding from Wellington City Council helped the organisers of this weekend's tattoo convention get the event going.

Around 100 artists from all across New Zealand arrived at the capital for the… Read more Audio

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

6:37 AM.The College of Public Health Medicine says there is little sign that one-off pandemic funding will turn into a permanent fix for degraded public health services.

A diabetes specialist says… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.In Canada, two people have been killed and five more are injured in a horrific Halloween night stabbing spree.

Officials have likened the event to the Quebec City Mosque attack in 2017 although no… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Britain's Covid-19 cases have surpassed one million and the couttry now has the highest death toll in Europe.

From Thursday, English households will head back into lockdown for atleast four weeks as… Read more Audio

6:52 AM.The Medical Association is preparing itself for a busy year ahead with the End of Life Choice Act set to come into force.

The preliminary referendum result shows 65.1 percent of voters supported the… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.The Silverferns Coach, Dame Noeline Taurua believes England were tough Opposition despite the hosts claiming a 3-Nil series sweep, with a 62-47 win with last nights final test in Hamilton. Read more Audio

7:07 AM.Medical specialists say there is little sign the one-off financial boost to fight Covid-19 will fix underfunded public health units.

They say the units need proper permanent resourcing but their… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Iran is threatening legal action against New Zealand after learning our Security Intelligence Service, in a joint operation with the CIA, broke into its Wellington embassy to plant bugs in the late… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Now the Greens deal is done and dusted, the Prime Minister's next move is to appoint her new ministers.

Jacinda Ardern will announce her new Cabinet this afternoon. It'll be an executive stacked with… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.A Covid-19 cloud hangs over the United States in the final sprint to election day.

There's just two days for Joe Biden and Donald Trump to secure votes as both candidates canvas key swing states.

… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.The British government has warned a four week lockdown in England could be extended if Covid-19 case numbers continue to rise. The leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, accused the government of… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.A decade on and Auckland's supercity is still as contentious as ever.

Yesterday marked 10 years since seven district councils and a regional council were merged into one governing body.

The shakeup… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Doctors are gearing up for a hefty year of planning and preparation with the End of Life Choice Act set to come into force.

The preliminary referendum result shows 65.1-percent of voters supported… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.The America's Cup organisers have offered police four new boats to help them patrol the races on the Waitemata harbour.

The event is early next year and the police are in charge of national security… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Poverty, household stress, busy parents and digital dependence are among the complex factors blamed for a rise in the number of children starting school with a toddler's vocabulary.

Education… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.It's the 18th straight year the All Blacks have won the Bledisloe Cup It is the first time the All Blacks secured the cup on Australian soil.

And 43-5 is the the biggest winning margin the All Blacks… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua is already looking at what's next and she hopes that includes a series against their arch rivals, Australia. Read more Audio

8:07 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will announce her new Cabinet this afternoon.

It'll be an executive stacked with Labour ministers - except for the Greens co-leaders who each take ministerial portfolios… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.The Green Party is hailing the cooperation deal it has signed with the Labour Party as a "win-win".

The two parties signed the agreement giving the Greens two ministerial positions in return for not… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.More than 90 million absentee ballots have been requested or sent for the US election this year and among those cast are votes by American expats living in New Zealand.

All those who spoke to RNZ… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.It's very nearly election day in the United States, and Washington DC is battening down the hatches just in case.

Kiwis in the US have been warned to expect some unrest.

US ambassador to New Zealand… Read more Audio

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

8:46 AM.The census will collect information on gender and sexual identity for the first time next time it runs.

The census is the official count of people and where they live in New Zealand, done every five… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.The Silver Ferns have made a clean sweep of the Taini Jamison series, beating the England Roses 62-47 in Hamilton last night England co-captain Serena Guthrie says she's proud of her side's effort… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Some of New Zealand's best tattooists - as well as the most spontaneous tattoo-ees - enjoyed a collaborative weekend together under one roof.

The second annual tattoo convention held in Wellington… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.It's an election campaign that's always guaranteed to ruffle a few feathers.

 Today voting begins in what some might call the country's most important poll - Bird of the Year.

Megan Hubscher is from… Read more Audio