Morning Report for Monday 17 May 2021

6:13 AM.The government's climate change response is being described as vastly inadequate given the massive changes need.

In a pre-budget announcement yesterday it says it is kicking in extra $67 million to… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.Vehicle inspectors who carry out Warrant of Fitness checks might have won a reprieve, after they complained of unfair treatment by Transport Agency officials.

The agency says the audits process will… Read more Audio

6:36 AM.More than 200 foreign investors are expected to travel to New Zealand in the next year under a new visa exemption

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment expects they'll bring in… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Preparation for the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine on the Chatham Islands is underway.

The remote archipelago lies about 800 kilometres east of Christchurch and is home to almost 700 people - 560 of… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.New Zealand has qualified another rowing crew for the Tokyo Olympics after the men's eight won their race at the last chance regatta in Switzerland.

Needing to finish in the top two, the New… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.Hundreds of foreign investors are expected to land here in coming months as a result of new border exemptions allowing wealthy investors linked to two government programmes to visit.

The Ministry of… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.A new political poll has National Party leader Judith Collins taking a big fall in the preferred Prime Minister stakes.

The Newshub/Reid Research poll shows Collins has dropped close to 13 points to… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.On Sunday an Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed more than two dozen people in the deadliest day in the conflict this week.

The air strike levelled a 13-storey building hosting a number of media… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The United Nations Secretary General has called for an immediate end to fighting between Israel and Palestine as the 7th day of conflict became the deadliest so far.

The United Nations Security… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.The government's promised to lift thousands of children out of poverty and reform the welfare system - but those struggling to make ends meet say it's not getting any easier.

In the lead-up to this… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Education is one of the biggest areas of spending for the government at around $18 billion a year.

Schools take a big chunk of that money and they are hoping this week's Budget will provide help with… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.More fishing crew are on their way to New Zealand from Covid-19 hotspots such as Russia.

More than 200 of them spent weeks longer than planned in a Christchurch hotel last year after 31 tested… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.An Auckland vaccination centre says it may have to cut the number of days it operates unless it gets more vaccinators.

Each nurse at the Otara site is delivering about 100 injections a day and it… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Vehicle inspectors who have been feeling under attack from the Transport Agency say they have won a reprieve.

The industry is now expecting the watchdog to be 'gentler', and rogue assessors to be… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Climate activists are calling the government's climate change response woefully out of step with the scale of what's needed.

A pre-budget announcement yesterday has the Government kicking in extra… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A marathon stay in Australia is over for the New Zealand Breakers basketball team, whose players expressed relief and joy after touching down in Auckland yesterday.

It ended a long offshore stint for… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The political fortunes of Judith Collins have taken a perilous tumble, with the National party leader slipping to 5.6 percent in the preferred Prime Minister stakes in the latest Newshub/Reid Research… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.The first international tourists in more than a year will arrive on Rarotonga on Tuesday.

Visitors to the Cook Islands will be a welcome sight for many businesses who've been struggling to survive.

… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.The first international tourists in more than a year will arrive on Rarotonga on Tuesday.

A bubble between the Cook Islands and New Zealand was announced at the beginning of May and the first flights… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Experts assure us there's no reason to panic after traces of Covid-19 were found in Wellington's wastewater system.

The Ministry of Health says ESR detected a weak positive test result on Friday, and… Read more Audio

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

8:37 AM.Ngāi Tahu says Judith Collins' claim the government plans to transfer all South Island water infrastructure to a new entity half-owned by the Iwi is just plain wrong.

Dr Te Maire Tau, chairman of… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Fiji has reported four new Covid-19 cases overnight and authorities say they are bracing for a rise in infections this week.

The Suva and Nausori areas are under lockdown restrictions and the… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.The government has made lifting thousands more children out of poverty a key priority, but solo mums on the benefit say they're struggling to make ends meet each week - and want to see more help in… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.An emotional seven-month circumnavigation of New Zealand is over for American solo sailor Elana Connor, who sailed into Auckland's Princes Wharf yesterday, accompanied by a flotilla of yachts and… Read more Audio