Morning Report for Wednesday 17 February 2021

6:04 AM.India have beaten England by 317 runs in the second cricket test in Chennai to level the four-match series 1-all. Read more Audio

6:08 AM.The Islamic Women's Council of New Zealand says Australia must take responsibility for the woman described by the Turkish government as an Islamic State terrorist.

The 26-year-old, who had dual New… Read more Audio

6:23 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:27 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:41 AM.The alleged Islamic State militant and her two children at the heart of the diplomatic incident are being held in Turkey, after they were caught by border guards while attempting to cross the border… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker is calling for the Covid tracer app scanning to be made compulsory in high-risk situations only.

The government wants to keep the scanning numbers up and says… Read more Audio

6:54 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

7:05 AM.The miracle England needed did not materialise as India crushed them by 317 runs with a day to spare in the second cricket test in Chennai to level the four match series 1-all. Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Trans-tasman relations have taken a dramatic turn for the worse with Australia dumping responsibility for a woman suspected of terrorism, and her two young children, onto New Zealand.

The three were… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.New Zealand has marked two days of zero community cases since lockdown measures were introduced in Auckland on Sunday.

But the Government still has no evidence of how the highly-risky UK variant B117… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.New strict managed isolation rules are being dismissed as inadequate, with Covid-19 still easily able to slip the country's safety net.

They've been put in place as the Pulllman Hotel re-opens for… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.National Party leader Judith Collins says a NZ citizen detained in Turkey and suspected of involvement with Islamic State should not be our problem, although she's not fond of the way the government… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.The Kaitaki Interislander finally berthed in Picton late last night after a 12-hour marathon on the water.

The crossing of the Cook Strait usually takes about three hours, but gale force winds in… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Midwives in the Wellington region say they are working themselves to physical and emotional exhaustion, because if they don't, mothers and babies could die.

The Capital and Coast DHB confirms that of… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Jacinda Ardern has condemned Australia for refusing to take responsibility for a woman detained in Turkey with alleged links to the Islamic State group.

The woman has been named as Suhayra Aden of… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.England succumbed to the inevitable crushing defeat on day four of the second cricket test against India, out-spun and outdone on their way to a 317-run loss in Chennai. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Auckland's lockdown will cause barely a ripple to the economy if restrictions can ease at midnight on Wednesday.

That's the take of ASB bank who say any spending freeze this week can be caught up on… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.Plans are coming together for thousands of border workers to be immunised for Covid-19 in the next three weeks.

Trucks full of syringes will be heading to the Jet Park MIQ hotel from Saturday, but… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.Latest figures showing rising household incomes are hiding what some say is a growing disparity between the have and the have nots, particularly around home ownership.

All key income measures for… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.A trans-Tasman spat has erupted with the Prime Minister criticising Australia for revoking the citizenship of a suspected Islamic State terrorist.

The 25-year-old New Zealand-born woman was arrested… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.The Napier Art Deco Festival has been cancelled due to the latest Covid-19 scare.

Organisers made the call last night to give certainty to the hundreds of entertainers, artists and venues - as well… Read more Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:38 AM.People travelling between Napier and Taupo today are having to endure significant four to five hour detours.

Trees have fallen on State Highway 5 with the only detour through Palmertson North or… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Some of the biggest Māori health providers in Auckland and Taranaki are wondering who got the one million surgical masks health officials promised for vulnerable whānau.

On Monday they got an email… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Ruapehu community leaders are unhappy their area is being used as a Covid-19 bunker for Aucklanders.

When city went into Alert Level 3 on Sunday, a bunch of residents packed their bags and drove to… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.In Taranaki, there's been no Covid-19 cases confirmed as a result of infectious travellers visiting New Plymouth last weekend.

With testing still underway, those in the community fear they're not out… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a 5000-year-old brewery capable of making 22,000 litres of beer at a time.

While not the oldest brewery from early Egypt; it was found in a sacred part of the… Read more Audio