Morning Report for Friday 19 February 2021

6:20 AM.Where cows were grazing last week, scientists are now pouring over two trenches dug on farmland near Morrinsville in Waikato.

They are investigating the recently discovered Te Puninga earthquake… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

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

6:38 AM.It's V-Day today - the start of the vaccination campaign against Covid-19. 

Those vaccinating the border workers will get the jab today, then the border workforce from Saturday, followed by the… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The Wellington City Council's library saga has taken an unexpected turn - councillors are considering selling part of its ownership of the quake-prone library to private investors.

On top of that… Read more Audio

6:51 AM.After days of back and forth between race organisers and the Challengers of Record, Luna Rossa, the America's Cup Challenger Selection Series final will resume on Saturday at 4pm with two races.

Two… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.The Black Caps all-rounder Kyle Jamieson has become an instant multi-millionaire. Read more Audio

7:09 AM.New Zealanders will start being vaccinated against Covid-19 on Friday.

After months of planning - now the rubber hits the road - with the very first in line - those who'll actually be giving the… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Surveys show Māori and Pasifika are more worried than others about the safety of the vaccine.

National MP and former Northland GP Shane Rēti says the answer is reassuring people, and that can be as… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Eighteen trucking companies are being investigated after a police crackdown uncovered mass safety breaches on the highway north of Auckland late last year.

Truckers say cowboy operators have been… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.The Black Caps all-rounder Kyle Jamieson has become an instant multi-millionaire.

The 26-year-old has been bought for $2.86 million by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League cricket… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.New research shows a quarter of renters who leave their homes do so because landlords force them to.

That's one of the findings from the largest research project on eviction in this country.

Hamish… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Christchurch is still struggling 10 years on from the earthquake with vacant spaces and little development.

In the surrounding areas of Christchurch in Selwyn, inland and in the Waimakariri District… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Descendents of an ancestral maunga in Whanganui will return to the area this morning to ensure no more work takes place on Punakewhitu. 

Dozens of hapū members flocked to the whenua yesterday morning… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Let's go off-shore, even off planet to an event that's about to happen on Mars, where the Perseverance rover is about to enter the Martian atmosphere within a couple of hours.

It's travelled nearly… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.From the middle of this year, all pupils will have access to free period products at their schools.

Period poverty affects many who don't have the money, or the parental help, to buy the expensive… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Netball New Zealand has confirmed world champion coach Dame Noeline Taurua will coach the Silver Ferns through to the end of the 2023 World Cup. Read more Audio

8:09 AM.New Zealand's Covid-19 vaccination programme begins today - with some of the country's 100 vaccinators first in line.

From Saturday, they'll begin vaccinating the country's 12,000 border workers and… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.A New Zealander living in Myanmar fears the country is lurching back to the "dark ages" of a bloody dictatorship.

On 1 February, a military coup removed the civilian government led by Aung San Suu… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.It's been a week of "weather hell" in Texas, freezing temperatures, no power and no reliable water.

Some progress has been made to restoring power but its on and off, with power sometimes returning… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.People jumping on a scooter drunk, and late at night, are ending up in hospital after hours.

That's a trend noted by a New Zealand Medical Journal paper comparing the injuries from e-scooter users… Read more Audio

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

8:37 AM.An Australian journalism expert has described Facebook's decision to ban news content from being viewed or posted on the site as "extraordinary".

Facebook made the move in response to proposed laws… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.What's in a name? What about a surname?

The most common family names for babies born in New Zealand last year have been revealed, and they might surprise you.

More babies were born with the surname… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio