Morning Report for Monday 15 February 2021

6:08 AM.Auckland is now at Alert Level 3 after the discovery of three new community cases in the city.

The rest of the country moved to Alert Level 2. The restrictions are in place for 72 hours.

Prime… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.The lockdown area for Alert Level 3 is the Auckland Super City boundaries - from Wellsford in the north to Pukekohe in the south.

Eight checkpoints on the outskirts of Auckland will stop vehicles and… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.A professor of international law says foreign ministry officials may have breached their human rights obligations when they granted permits for weapons exports to Saudi Arabia.

Documents obtained by… 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

6:39 AM.Auckland is now in Alert Level 3 following the discovery of three new community cases in the city The rest of the country moved to Alert Level 2.

The new alert levels are in place for 72 hours. In… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.Taranaki will be moved into Alert Level 2 Covid-19 restrictions along with the rest of the country, despite the revelation that two of the three new community cases visited several places in New… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Supermarket shoppers are once again being reminded that frantic visits to the supermarket are unnecessary and unhelpful.

In another familiar turn, this message did little to stop queues from forming… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.Auckland's central business association says a third Covid-19 lockdown is a big blow for businesses.

The city moved into Alert Level 3 at midnight on Monday.

Viv Beck is the chief executive of Heart… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.Auckland is in Alert Level 3 on Monday morning after three Covid-19 cases were detected in the community. The rest of the country is in Alert Level 2.

The restrictions, for the moment at least, will… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Covid-19 has reared it's ugly head again after a family from South Auckland tested positive for the disease.

Auckland has been thrown back into lockdown and all students at Papatoetoe high school… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.The lockdown area for Alert Level 3 is the Auckland Super City boundaries - from Wellsford in the north to Pukekohe in the south.

Eight checkpoints on the outskirts of Auckland will stop vehicles and… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.Auckland is back in lockdown, the third time the city has been told to shut down due to Covid-19.

The city will be in Alert Level 3 for at least three days.

Reporter Katie Doyle has had a wander… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Covid-19 has once again put New Zealand's largest city into lockdown.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Sunday the city would go into Alert Level 3 for an initial period of three days, after… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Eight checkpoints are being set up at the edges of Auckland after the city entered Alert Level 3 at midnight.

The boundaries will be set mostly in the same locations as the last time Auckland was… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The daughter of the family at the centre of the Covid-19 outbreak attends Papatoetoe High School.

The school is closed today and tomorrow for cleaning and all students are being asked to get tested.

7:56 AM.The new Covid-19 cases that have put the nation on high alert travelled to New Plymouth over Waitangi weekend.

On their way, they visited two McDonalds restaurants, BP petrol stations at Papakura and… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Wounded Novak Djokovic admits he is taking a gamble by continuing at the Australian Tennis Open but says it is worth it to try and claim a record-extending ninth title. Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Papatoetoe High School will be closed today and tomorrow after being named as a location visited by the daughter who has tested positive for Covid-19.

The school is now the site of a pop-up centre as… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.The lockdown area for Alert Level 3 is the Auckland Super City boundaries - from Wellsford in the north to Pukekohe in the south.

Eight checkpoints on the outskirts of Auckland will stop vehicles and… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Aucklanders are once again facing the toughest rules as New Zealand attempts to snuff out an outbreak of Covid-19.

For the next 72 hours, people are being told to stay home, schools will be open for… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Two of the three family members who tested positive for Covid-19 visited New Plymouth around Waitangi Day.

Reporter Robin Martin is in New Plymouth. Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Auckland is now at Alert Level 3 for three days until midnight Wednesday, while the rest of the country is at Alert Level 2 for the same period.

The Prime Minister made the announcement last night… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Sailing in the America's Cup Challenger Series is on hold during Auckland's Alert Level 3 lockdown.

Luna Rossa are leading the best of 13 series 4-nil over Team UK after dominating the opening two… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.New lockdown measures in Auckland come at the same time as Melbourne's five-day lockdown announced last Friday.

The state of Victoria went in to full lockdown after the discovery of a cluster… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.RNZ can reveal New Zealand's foreign affairs ministry granted export permits for military equipment sent to Saudi Arabia's forces in 2016 and 2018.

It comes amid a government review into export… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.A hospitality leader is worried the latest lockdown might be the final straw for some struggling businesses.

Julie White is the chief executive of Hospitality New Zealand.

She spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Former President Donald Trump has been found not guilty of inciting an insurrection, bringing the shortest impeachment trial in American history to an abrupt close.

Seven Republican senators crossed… Read more Audio