Morning Report for Monday 6 September 2021

8:57 AM.If you've got a bit lazy during lockdown you're not alone.

A study in England found almost one-third of participants started lockdown getting plenty of exercise, but their efforts went downhill… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Ross Tomlinson was one of about three people who tried to stop terrorist Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen in the New Lynn supermarket.

He was shopping there on Friday afternoon when he heard people… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Auckland principals are unsure how much the lockdown will set back children's learning.

Based on last year's experience, they will need to run catch-up lessons for those who need them most, once… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Chronically ill people taking immunosuppressants say they're struggling to access reliable information about how the Covid-19 vaccine might interact with their drugs.

Some say they won't get… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.After at first hailing New Zealand's Covid-19 response, some overseas media are now wrongly reporting - with some glee - that the government is admitting the elimination strategy has failed.

A German… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.The Islamic Womens Council holds strong concerns that the Chief Coroner will choose not to make any recommendations, nor undertake an inquiry, following the deaths of 51 people in the 2019… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Covid-19 restrictions are disrupting the legal system so badly that some people are spending longer in jail waiting for a trial than they would if found guilty.

The President of the Bar Association… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.There have been at least eight breaches of Covid-19 infection prevention protocols at quarantine facilities since the latest community outbreak began.

They include two quarantine staff members not… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.West Auckland is still in shock after a terror attack at a supermarket.

Thirty-two-year-old Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen, was shot dead by the police at the scene.

He had taken a knife from the… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Cabinet Ministers will today consider law changes following Friday's terror attack, but some MPs are warning against any knee jerk reactions.

Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen was shot dead by police… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Black Caps spinner Ajaz Patel gave credit to his fellow bowlers after producing a man of the match performance in last night's 52 run win over Bangladesh in the third T20 in Dhaka. Read more Audio

7:54 AM.The Covid-free South Island has its fingers crossed for some good news today.

The Government will today discuss loosening Covid-19 restrictions of centres outside of Auckland.

Kim Moodie reports. Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Immigration lawyer Alastair McClymont says moves to deport Ahamed Samsudeen could well have given him new grounds to claim refugee status.

McClymont said if he was to be sent back to Sri Lanka, the… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The LynnMall attacker was no stranger to the police or the courts - raising questions about why he wasn't in prison, if authorities were so worried about what he was capable of.

Court documents… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Friday's terror attack in Auckland has made headlines across the world - including in Sri Lanka, the home of the terrorist.

Over the weekend his mother spoke to a local TV network in the South Asian… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.The All Blacks have completed a three-nil sweep of the Wallabies in this year's Bledisloe Cup series, despite being reduced to 14 men in the third test in Perth.

They outclassed Australia 38-21 to… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.There were just 2600 hundred Covid-19 tests in Auckland on Saturday - a tenth of the numbers early in the lockdown.

That has health bosses worried - they want testing to be triple the latest number… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Auckland has been put on notice - get testing if you want to get out of level four.

There were just 2600 hundred Covid-19 tests in Auckland on Saturday - a tenth of the numbers early in the lockdown.

7:19 AM.Countdown spokesperson Kiri Hannifin is pleading customers to be gentle on her team members after a terrorist attack in one of its stores.

Countdown New Lynn, which was the scene of Friday's attack… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.The Deputy Prime Minister says his government has acted as quickly as it could to bring in changes to terrorism laws.

The government has expressed frustration at the inability of authorities to keep… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.People living near the New Lynn supermarket where a terrorist stabbed and injured seven people are still shocked and saddened about what happened.

The perpetrator, 32-year-old Ahamed Aathill Mohamed… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.The government says it is speaking to the trucking industry about what is needed to take essential freight across Auckland's Level 4 boundaries - but the industry says this is the first it has heard… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Residents continue to reel from shoppers being stabbed at a New Lynn supermarket in West Auckland on Friday.

They want to know why more wasn't done to prevent the terrorist from being able to carry… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.A criminologist who assessed the New Lynn attacker's risk to the community in 2018, says he strongly believes the stabbings could have been prevented.

When Ahamed Samsudeen was sentenced in July… Read more Audio

6:37 AM.Cabinet Ministers will today consider law changes following Friday's terror attack, but some MPs are warning against any knee jerk reactions.

Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen was shot dead by police… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Empty streets devoid of traffic is just one eerie sign that Afghanistan has changed dramatically in recent weeks.

It's the kind of quiet that is concerning, rather than comforting and it's prompting… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.Cabinet Ministers will today consider law changes following Friday's terror attack.

Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen was shot dead by police on Friday after stabbing six people inside Countdown… Read more Audio