Morning Report for Monday 1 February 2021

8:54 AM.Rugby league in New Zealand was delivered a hammer blow when its poster child player Roger Tuivasa-Sheck announced a switch of codes.

The Warriors and Kiwis captain will play rugby union from next… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.A leading jockey feared human and horse lives would be lost when a spectator walked onto Trentham race course home straight during a Wellington Cup meeting race on Saturday.

Accomplished rider Lisa… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.The enormous fire at an Amberley tyre stockpile in North Canterbury could take weeks to burn out.

A 63-year-old man has been arrested and charged with starting the fire on Friday, which is emitting… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Questions are being asked about whether it should be mandatory for employees, including healthcare workers, to get the Covid-19 jab.

There are calls for a nationwide discussion about how to protect… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The commissioners who will take over the dysfunctional Tauranga City Council are set to be announced this week.

The Minister for Local Government, Nanaia Mahuta, sacked the council after the city's… Read more Audio

8:34 AM.A battered Fiji is taking stock this morning after category two Cyclone Ana delivered strong winds and heavy rain to the main islands - Viti Levu and Vanua Levu.

Late yesterday, authorities announced… Read more Audio

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

8:25 AM.Phase two of the police's gun buy-back scheme begins today, with owners asked to hand in outlawed guns, parts and conversion kits.

These items became prohibited when new legislation was introduced… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Luna Rossa will be back on the job today working its plan to win every race against Team UK in the America's Cup Challenger Selection Series which starts on 13 February.

Sunday was the first time the… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The Climate Change Commission says that New Zealand is set to miss every one of its obligations under the Paris Agreement.

Changes must be made to alter course - and in its new report the Commission… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Breakers disrupted start to the ANBL basketball season has continued with the New Zealanders having two more games postponed due to Covid-19. Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Think you're paid well? Well listen to this.. Lionel Messi's contract with Spanish football club Barcelona has been leaked.

According to the El Mundo newspaper Messi was paid an eye watering… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.When the cancellation of WOMAD was announced in December it was huge kick in the guts to the Taranaki economy.

Waiting in the wings at the picturesque Bowl of Brooklands stage was a stellar lineup of… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Investors have been hoovering up houses for sale at a rate not seen since 2016 - heaping misery on first time buyers.

Core Logic, which provides data to the Reserve Bank, says investors bought around… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.If adopted fully by the government, the Climate Change Commission's plan to reduce emissions would represent the most dramatic attempt by New Zealand to fight climate change.

But Greenpeace says that… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.The Ministry of Health has been boosting its stocks of personal protective equipment - PPE - and increasing hospital space and equipment should there be a major outbreak of the Covid-19.

When the… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Covid-19 jabs already given to millions of people around the world will factor into Medsafe's decision about whether to approve the Pfizer vaccine here.

Its Medicines Assessment Advisory Committee… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.As schools begin reopening this week, principals number one priority is their students' mental health.

They say the pandemic is having a significant impact on some young people and they need to make… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.The Climate Change Commission has unveiled a report outlining the major changes New Zealand needs to make to cut its emissions.

They include changing the way we build homes, a ban on controversial… Read more Audio

7:08 AM.New Zealand is heading for a major upheaval under a landmark plan to combat the climate crisis - but the sectors in line for the most serious change are already showing signs of resistance.

The… Read more Audio

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

6:52 AM.Effective team work will be one of the key priorities for the National Party at its annual retreat, which starts in Wellington today.

The meeting was initially planned for Whangarei, but was moved… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Thousands of Russian protestors have gathered across the country in support of the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny.

They are demanding Navalny's release after two weeks spent in a prison near… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.The cost of many of the Climate Commission's proposed changes will be borne by business - with some more affected than others.

Mike Burrell is the executive director of the Sustainable Business… Read more Audio

6:37 AM.The Motor Industry Association fears the timeline proposed for phasing out the import of new petrol vehicles is too ambitious.

The Climate Change Commission has published a blueprint for combatting… 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

6:18 AM.When the cancellation of Womad was announced in December it was huge kick in the guts to the Taranaki economy. But waiting in the wings at the picturesque Bowl of Brooklands stage was a stellar lineup… Read more Audio