Morning Report for Wednesday 4 November 2020

6:12 AM.Police have arrested 14 people in connection with a deadly attack in Vienna, Austria. Police are calling it an 'Islamist terror attack'.

Four people were killed and many more injured after a gunman… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Anti-smoking, obesity and alcohol work in Auckland have been dealt a serious blow by Covid-19.

An Auckland Regional Public Health Service report covering July to September shows the huge pressure… 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

6:41 AM.The nurses' union wants an urgent review of how the Covid-19 isolation hotels are being run, saying staff are becoming increasingly anxious and fearful.

It comes as a second Sudima Hotel health… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Migrant groups are looking ahead to what a Labour Government will do to border and visa rules.

Labour's manifesto signals an overhaul of partnership visas, reducing barriers to the parent category… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.It's election day in the United States.

In a matter of hours results will begin rolling in for Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

It has been a campaign marred by a pandemic, protests and police killings… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.It's election day in the United States after months of campaigning.

Polls show Joe Biden with a firm lead, but they're looking closer in swing states like Florida, Pennsylvania or North Carolina.

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7:22 AM.Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says genomic sequencing shows a clear link between a health worker that tested positive for Covid-19 over the weekend and fishing crew staying at the… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.National Party leader Judith Collins is backing a review of managed isolation facilities, after two staff members contracted Covid-19 while working.

The NZ Nurses Organisation wants an urgent review… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Warnings the housing market is overcooked have not stopped people rushing to the bank to borrow huge sums.

As borrowing hits a record high, economists are warning the housing market is out of control… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.The executive officer of the Property Investors Federation is defending her claim that first-home buyers are hindering the housing market by purchasing rentals. 

Sharon Cullwick from the Property… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Americans head to the polling stations today to decide who will become the next president.

Although Biden has a firm lead in the polls, it's a tight race in key battleground states like Florida… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.All Blacks assistant coach John Plumtree says they're likely to make changes to their lineup for Saturday's fourth Bledisloe Cup test against the Wallabies in Brisbane. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Polling booths across the US will close on Wednesday (NZ time) and officials will begin frantically counting votes for Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

State officials across the country are warning that… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.A new pop-up testing centre will open today in Christchurch after a second worker at the Sudima managed isolation facility tested positive for Covid-19.

The testing centre will be in the Princess… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The father of an 11-year-old girl who died in a bus crash on Mount Ruapehu has described the terror of realising the brakes had failed on its descent down the mountain.

The inquest into the death of… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.It's been almost nine years since Kim Dotcom's mansion was stormed, and he was arrested, in a massive FBI copyright infringement investigation.

The saga continues on Wednesday, as the Supreme Court… Read more Audio

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

8:40 AM.The Māori head of the Nurses Organisation has revealed she's been the victim of incessant, targeted online abuse - including death threats -  for the past year and a half. 

It comes after a New… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.A long-burning, foul-smelling fire at a Waikato rubbish dump has forced the creation of a rare multi-agency group to try to put it out.

But the hopes of locals at Pukemiro for an end to months of… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.House prices are breaking records around the country and mortgage lending is at an all-time high.

At the same time, thousands of home owners are needing mortgage holidays and first-home buyers are… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Teacher aides are finally getting what they're worth, having completed the long road to pay equity.

A claim for equity was lodged in 2017, and on Wednesday teacher aides are waking up to a healthy… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.The price of used cars could be about to rise as dealers struggle with a supply shortage from Japan.

Half of the cars imported into New Zealand each year are used, and most come from Japan.

David… Read more Audio