Morning Report for Monday 1 March 2021

6:10 AM.People returning to Auckland last night were stuck in queues for up to six hours at the region's southern border.

Police have checkpoints at the city's borders and are stopping vehicles and… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.Some South Auckland doctors didn't receive a Covid-19 vaccination over the weekend despite leftover doses from the border roll out being available.

The city's DHBs invited some health care workers to… 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

6:37 AM.Auckland's Alert Level 3 has got off to a rocky start.

Hundreds of people spent up to six hours trying to get through the southern checkpoints home to Auckland last night. There were also reports of… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The Act Party is blaming Government complacency for the latest lockdown - and says the rule-breakers are a convenient scapegoat.

Auckland was plunged back into Lockdown Level 3 over the weekend after… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.The Mayor of Auckland, Phil Goff, said that there would be a lot of anger in Auckland this week about the rule-breaking which forced Auckland back into lockdown.

The 21-year old man at the centre of… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Aucklanders are again getting used to life in Alert Level 3.

For the next week, people in the country's largest city will be working from home if possible and children are not going to school.

Adam… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.The Ministry of Health has identified a number of new places of interest in Auckland related to the recent community cases of Covid-19.

On 20 February, the person visited City Fitness inside the… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.The police have been called in to help keep tabs on people who've been instructed to isolate after a spate of rule-breaking forced Auckland back into lockdown.

Health officials have been phoning… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.People returning to Auckland last night spent hours at queues at the region's southern border.

Police have checkpoints at the city's borders and are stopping vehicles and questioning drivers to… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Testing stations are expecting another busy day after Auckland was thrown back into lockdown for the second time in a month.

Reporter Jordan Bond is at the Kohuora Park pop-up testing centre in… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Auckland is back in lockdown for the second time in a month after new cases of Covid-19.

The change in restrictions comes after a spate of rule breaking from people who were supposed to be… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The National Party says the government's "high trust" approach to managing Covid-19 outbreaks has been exposed by the most recent community cases.

The opposition has unveiled a "five-point plan"… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Muslim groups are calling for more action and accountability over the mosque attacks, including urgent mandatory reporting of firearms injuries.

A new report out today from the Islamic Federation… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.The Reserve Bank's restrictions on home loans kick in from today but those in the industry don't believe it will do much to cool the market.

Loan to Value ratios were temporarily lifted in the wake… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Nearly 700 university staff are losing or leaving their jobs because of a financial hole left by falling foreign enrolments.

The cuts began last year and many are being made through early leaving or… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Wellington Phoenix coach Ufuk talay says his players showed a lot of character as they scored just their second win of the season to move off the bottom of the A-League football table. Audio

8:16 AM.South Auckland GPs were turned away when they tried to get vaccinated this weekend after spare doses became available.

The city's district health boards had leftover vaccine after a week of border… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.The Council of Trade Unions and Business New Zealand have launched a combined call for all workplaces to play their part in keeping Covid-19 out of the community.

The two bodies issued a joint… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Young Muslims are calling for Security Intelligence Service director-general Rebecca Kitteridge to go if no meaningful changes are made following the mosque attacks.

This comes on the heels of a 40… Read more Audio

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

8:45 AM.The opening of a payday loan lender near a large social housing complex and refugee support services in Wellington has locals up in arms.

High cost lender Superloans opened at the edge of Cuba Street… Read more Video, Audio

8:49 AM.A new tough limit on how much nitrogen can be in rivers was opposed by the Ministry of Primary Industries because it was worried the economic impact would outweigh the environmental benefit.

The… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.Nothing stirs local passions in Dunedin more than the fate and future of their beloved St Clair Beach.

The Dunedin City Council has outlined some possible plans for the beach and the wider coastline… Read more Audio

8:58 AM.The Golden Shears championship has been cancelled for the first time in its 61 year history.

Following the changes to Alert levels, the organisers say they had no other option, leaving 3500 sheep in… Read more Audio