Morning Report for Monday 20 September 2021

8:57 AM.Some Te Anau locals say there's no going back when the clocks spring forward for daylight saving this weekend.

They reckon Te Anau Time will be here to stay - permanently giving visitors to the… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.Supermarkets have been stocking up and South Island construction companies are bracing for even more shortages with two Interislander ferries out of action from today.

The Aratere leaves for Sydney… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Wallabies walloped and Pumas pounded, now the All Blacks can prepare for their Rugby Championship's main course - with two tests looming against the Springboks.

However, some are saying the showdown… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.After a slower start Wellington's vaccination rollout has leaped ahead in recent weeks.

But clinicians want more resources to help fight the war against social media misinformation - particularly to… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Victoria's premier has released the Australian state's cautious 'roadmap' out of lockdown by the end of October.

Premier Daniel Andrews says the curfew will be scrapped once vaccinations reach 70… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.International netball returns tonight, with the first of three tests between the NZ and England in Christchurch - but it took players from both teams to jump through numerous Covid-19 hoops to get… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.An Auckland single mum is working two jobs to support her family after losing $200,000 dollars to scammers posing as Chinese officials.

Netsafe says hundreds of thousands of dollars have been lost in… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.More than 100 Timaru residents have paid their respect outside the house where three little girls were killed last Thursday night.

Forty-year-old Lauren Anne Dickason was been charged with the murder… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Auckland Mayor Phil Goff thinks the city should go down to alert level 3 this week to prevent lockdown fatigue.

Cabinet will decide today on whether to ease restrictions.

Phil Goff says elimination… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.A Covid-19 modeller says it will be a minor miracle if new cases in Waikato do not spread more widely. 

Three cases have been found from a house in the Firth of Thames - a level 2 area where a man… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.A billionaire, a community college teacher, an airforce veteran and a childhood cancer survivor have made history as the first all-civilian team to fly to space.

The Space X capsule they were on… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.A RNZ investigation has uncovered a shocking lack of diversity in the race, sex and experience of the country's judges.

Figures reveal 92 percent of High Court judges are Pākehā, a clear majority are… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The tragic death of three children in Timaru is making headlines around the world.

Lauren Dickason is charged with the murder of her daughters: two-year-old twins Maya and Karla and their… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.It was a tour 18 years in the making, but in a matter of minutes what would have been a historic series for cricket in Pakistan got knocked for a six by New Zealand Cricket's decision to abandon the… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.While the government ponders what to do, some Aucklanders say they are prepared to stay in lockdown for longer if that's what's needed to keep everyone safe.

One of those is Sean Poimafisi who live… Read more Audio

7:32 AM.The Hauraki district mayor is disappointed the family are already getting abuse from some members of the community after testing positive for Covid-19.

The man who tested positive was released from… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.A week after Thomas Phillips and his children went missing, Otorohanga District Mayor Max Baxter says hopes of finding them alive are dwindling.

The search has scaled back to focus on the coastline… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.A Christchurch man is sounding the alarm about two men pretending to be from the Ministry of Health offering Covid-19 vaccines for $100.

The Ministry says it's a scam and the police are… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.A group of Māori medical experts is calling for Waikato to go into alert level 4 after three new Covid-19 cases were confirmed.

The Ministry of Health says the three are household members of a remand… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says there's preliminary evidence to suggest the Waikato cases are linked to one of the Auckland clusters.

Robertson told Morning Report there's no indication… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The Waikato District Mayor says it is not acceptable that a man was bailed from locked down Auckland to an alert level 2 area, where community Covid-19 cases have now been discovered.

Three cases… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Efforts are ramping up to boost vaccination numbers in districts which are lagging behind the rest. 

Taranaki DHB has the lowest numbers - just 27.7 percent of the region's eligible population were… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The head of a Hauraki Plains health organisation says the community will be feeling anxious about how far Covid-19 may have spread. 

Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki is running a pop-up testing centre at… Read more Audio

6:38 AM.Three people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Waikato. The three are household members of a remand prisoner who tested positive at the weekend.

Two of those attend Mangatangi School on the… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Auckland hospitality businesses are holding their breath for a shift to Alert Level 3 - a step they say would be in the right direction, but nowhere near enough for them to cover costs.

Bread and… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.A change in Covid-19 alert levels can't come soon enough for the hospitality industry, with some business owners nearing the end of their tether.

Cabinet is set to reveal whether Auckland will drop… Read more Audio