Morning Report for Monday 8 March 2021

6:09 AM.The National Party says a full inquiry into New Zealand's Covid-19 response is needed because a year into the pandemic because it believes mistakes are still being made.

Leader Judith Collins wants… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.GNS Science says it has the most up-to-date technology when it comes to tsunami warnings, but work is being done to provide earlier and more accurate information.

Two big earthquakes which hit the… Read more Audio

6:24 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

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

6:39 AM.There is one new case of Covid-19 at the border - an airline crew member who had returned to New Zealand from Japan on 28 February.

More information about the new positive case at the border is… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.A campaigner for ending conversion therapy says queer communities should be involved with the designing of a new law now.

Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has commited to passing legislation to ban gay… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.The US Senate has approved a $1.9 trillion dollar Covid-19 relief bill designed to help Americans impacted by the pandemic.

In a marathon 12-hour voting session on Saturday night, the bill made it… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Scientists in Iceland are warning that a volcano which has been dormant for 800 years could erupt at any time.

The country has been hit by more than 20,000 small earthquakes in the past 10 days. It… Read more Audio

6:55 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Auckland's out of lockdown - again - but on the same day it moved, there's a new case to grapple with.

Some are wondering if Aucklanders have become a little too relaxed in the face of the… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.The Bluff aluminium smelter has revealed it has another 75,000 tonnes of highly toxic hazardous waste stored in buildings at Tiwai Point - and does not yet know what to do with.

Government officials… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.New Zealand crew working on ships overseas want the government to give them unrestricted access to managed isolation.

They say they're getting stranded unfairly because MIQ hotels don't have rooms… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.It was a twin Trans-Tasman triumph for the Silver Ferns and the Black Caps on Sunday, clinching their respective series against Australia with compelling wins.

To add to the occasion there were even… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Hours before the netball win, our men's cricketers swept aside Australia at Wellington's Sky Stadium to clinch the T20 series 3-2.

Chasing Australia's 142 for eight, the home side cruised to 143 for… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.A severe earthquake near the Kermadec Islands sparked tsunami alerts around the Pacific and left thousands of New Zealanders fleeing to higher ground on Friday.

It took five hours for that the… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.The Chinese Foreign Minister has hit back at allegations of ethnic genocide against the Uighur people in Xinjiang province, calling the claims 'ridiculously absurd'.

At the annual news conference on… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.South Island exporters have breathed a sigh of relief after news more empty shipping containers will be making their way down to southern ports.

Next weekend the international shipping firm Maersk… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.A 97-year-old woman is among those who fear they will be deported from New Zealand to countries ravaged by coronavirus.

Others are in their 70s and 80s and say they face a life of fear and isolation… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua says her players will enjoy yesterday's Constellation Cup victory over Australia, but their programmes are already being plotted for the upcoming ANZ… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The government has poured cold water on the call for an inquiry into the Valentine's Day Covid-19 outbreak.

The National Party wants a full investigation - it's says we're a year into the pandemic… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.Plastic clips used in freezing works are being found washed up on beaches around the country.

The oesophagus clips stop the contents of an animal's stomach from spilling out during processing, but… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.Researchers from Victoria University have brought us one step closer to more accurately forecasting when large earthquakes could occur.

Using data from the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake, they have been… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.The government is being accused of failing Māori and Pasifika queer people by not involving them directly in the development of new law.

Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has committed to passing… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.The future of water rights in Otago is headed to court today.

Some irrigation rights date back to the gold mining days, but that will change in October when a new regime comes into force.

Timothy… Read more Audio

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

8:37 AM.New Zealand have finally grabbed hold of netball's Constellation Cup, which has spent the last nine years residing in Australia.

Sunday's 45-43 win in Christchurch featured another stunning… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.A Masterton business analyst has completed what might be called the "Everest" of climbing in this country - scaling 100 great New Zealand peaks.

Don French reached the milestone at the age of 62 when… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.A 79-year-old puzzle has been solved after the remains of a New Zealand World War II airman were confirmed at a wreckage site in Germany.

Southland man, sergeant Henry Pullar, was the rear gunner in… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.New Zealand's Israel Adesanya has come up short in his quest to become a mixed martial arts world champion in two different divisions.

The UFC middleweight champion stepped up a weight class and… Read more Audio