Morning Report for Thursday 7 January 2021

8:56 AM.The series clean sweep of Pakistan has propelled the Black Caps team to number one in the world test rankings. To talk more about the win in Christchurch on Wednesday, Te Aniwa Hurihanganui spoke to… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.As more and more people are opening their computer at home instead of entering an office, security risks are also opening up. Working from home in 2020, and certainly in 2021, has placed a renewed… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.The year has started on a positive note for the nation's dairy farmers. In the first Global Dairy Trade auction of the year, prices leapt 3-point-9 per cent across the board. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.2021 has started off with a bang for New Zealand dairy farmers. In the first Global Dairy Trade auction of the year, prices leapt 3.9% across the board. RNZ's Kate Gregan reports Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Migrants who've been in New Zealand for several years still have to go through the 'stressful and costly' task of reapplying for their visas to stay, and go from one visa to the next. Workers who… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Labour unions are calling on the government to grant residency to long-term migrants who now call New Zealand home. Workers who arrived with big dreams say the ever-changi-ng threshold for skilled… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.The Black Caps test cricket team can officially call themselves the best in the world - with yesterday's comprehensive win over Pakistan moving New Zealand to number one in the world test rankings for… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Families of the Christchurch mosque attack victims will soon receive more detailed information from the chief coroner, about how their relatives died. Judge Deborah Marshall, and the Police, have made… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Meanwhile in Washington DC, a usually mundane Congressional vote to certify the presidential Electoral College results is now under fire by members of the Republican Party who do not want Joe Biden to… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.The results in one of Georgia's run-off elections for the country's senate are still too close to call. Democratic Pastor Raphael Warnock has been projected to win which would make him the first black… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.RNZ has learned that during the six day protest at Waikeria Prison sponge rounds - also known as rubber bullets - were fired at the men on the roof of the burning high-security building. 16 inmates… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Black Caps pace bowler Kyle Jameison says he's still got plenty to work on and hopes to be in the NZ side for another 10 years Read more Audio