Morning Report for Monday 2 August 2021

6:10 AM.Faster, higher, stronger, the Olympic motto will no doubt be getting a good run in Tokyo.

But how much faster and higher can athletes go before humankind hits its peak performance?

Former British… 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

6:38 AM.A new political poll shows support for the Labour Party has taken a dive while the ACT Party - and its leader - is growing in popularity.

The latest Newshub-Reid Research poll has Labour down 9.7… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.A three-day mass vaccination event has wrapped up in south Auckland last night with more than 15,500 people given their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine.

Organisers are calling it an "overwhelming… Read more Audio

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

7:15 AM.The popularity of the Labour government's taken a big hit in the latest political poll, as it comes under pressure on a number of fronts including Covid-19 and the cost of housing.

The Newshub Reid… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The Human Rights Commission is this morning announcing a national inquiry into the housing crisis.

It says successive governments have failed to give New Zealanders decent homes and the housing… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.A three-day mass vaccination event hit its target of more than 15,500 people given their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at the weekend.

Responses were mostly positive.

Alex Pimm lead the programme.

7:28 AM.Pasifika communities in New Zealand are relieved the dark days of the 1970s Dawn Raids are at last being formally acknowledged.

Pacific families flocked to Aotearoa to fill a labour shortage, until… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Dame Valerie Adams hopes her fourth Olympic medal will inspire her children, her sister and women around the world.

Already with two Olympic gold medals and a silver to her name, the 36-year-old New… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The victorious Black Ferns Sevens are due back home this morning with gold medals in hand.

The team beat France in the final to win 26-12 at the Tokyo Olympics.

But it's not just their stunning game… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Police don't know how much data they could lose if their IT systems are hacked.

An audit has shown police computer systems are ill-prepared to cope with major disruption.

Police say they are working… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.It's not a normal activity for road builders but saving long tailed bats is something they're focusing on in Taranaki.

The Transport Agency is looking at filling-in the roosts of the critically… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A Tauranga couple have been forced to split up their family so their daughter can access treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Australia - treatment that Pharmac won't fund in New Zealand.

They… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.ACT Party leader David Seymour is polling ahead of National Party Leader Judith Collins, according to the latest poll numbers from Newshub-Reid.

Support for Labour has dropped to 43 percent but… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.New Zealand's national housing stock for sale hit a record 14-year low in July.

There were just 12,684 homes on the market last month and the national average asking price hit a record high of more… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has formally apologised to Pacific communities hurt by the Dawn Raids in the 1970s.

The Dawn Raids resulted in the deportation and prosecution of many Pacific Islanders… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.The return of New Zealand tourists to the Cook Islands has residents in Rarotonga stewing over the impact it is having on the island's iconic Muri Lagoon.

A lagoon spokesperson claims 90 percent of… Read more Audio

8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Education officials have warned their ministers that students are falling through the cracks because the curriculum does not clearly signal when they need more support.

The opposition National Party… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Queensland is now seeing a "rapidly escalating" cluster of Covid-19 cases.

Millions of residents spent the weekend under strict stay-at-home orders, after a snap three-day lockdown began on Saturday… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Advocates are questioning whether new legislation to make conversion therapy a criminal act goes far enough.

Justice Minister Kris Faafoi introduced the legislation on Friday after a long campaign to… Read more Audio